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What if Graphic Novels were like a Silent Film? The Arrival by Shaun Tan

Print This Post December 20, 2013 by Sauvik Biswas 5 Comments

I got hold of The Arrival back when it was released in 2007. I knew a priori that there were no recognisable words in the book. What I wasn’t prepared for was the sheer awesomeness of the book. Shaun Tan was able to create something that partly pushed the boundaries of the medium itself – … [Read more…]

Posted in: Comics Tagged: Artwork, Picture book, Shaun Tan, The Arrival

AnoHana: Death Influences Kids Differently than Adults

Print This Post December 1, 2013 by Sauvik Biswas 1 Comment

AnoHana (short for Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai – We still do not know the name of the flower we saw that day) is a very touching drama. Like all other kids, there were six kids who are the central characters to the story. Like all other kids they … [Read more…]

Posted in: Animation Tagged: A-1 Pictures, Anime, AnoHana, NIS America, Tatsuyuki Nagai, The Flower We Saw That Day

How Cigars and Blue Lotus got a Facelift

Print This Post November 23, 2013 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

Cigars of the Pharaoh and The Blue Lotus form a larger story arc that is commonly dubbed as Tintin in the Orient. Indeed, it was the first time that Hergé ditched the episodic format in favour of strory arcs. Recently, I managed to get hold of these two albums in their original B&W format (see … [Read more…]

Posted in: Comics Tagged: Bande Dessinée, Casterman, Cigars of the Pharaoh, Hergé, The Blue Lotus, Tintin

How Good is Grant Morrison’s Batman: Gothic?

Print This Post November 18, 2013 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

Batman: Gothic is trade paperback (TP) that collects The Legend of the Dark Night issues #6-#10. Written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by  Klaus Jansen, Gothic tells a very unusual tale of the Dark Knight. That too, of one that directly attributes the supernatural as the cause of many events. The story in a nutshell … [Read more…]

Posted in: Comics Tagged: Batman, Batman: Gothic, DC Comics, Grant Morrison, Klaus Jansen

New Arrival: Tintin in the Orient – Casterman Editions

Print This Post November 12, 2013 by Sauvik Biswas 3 Comments

Today I received the delivery of these two books. These are the original black and white editions of Cigars of the Pharaoh (1934 version) and The Blue Lotus (1936 version) by Hergé. As usual I have put my own version of transparent dust jacket to protect the books. At about 25 USD each, these aren’t … [Read more…]

Posted in: Comics Tagged: Bande Dessinée, Casterman, Cigars of the Pharaoh, Hergé, The Blue Lotus, Tintin

The Cat and the Illusionist

Print This Post November 10, 2013 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

This weekend I managed to watch two French animated features. Both were released in 2010 and are surprisingly good. Une Vie de Chat Une Vie de Chat (lit. One Life of Cat, released in English as A Cat in Paris) is a film directed by Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli. The film follows the life … [Read more…]

Posted in: Animation Tagged: A Cat in Paris, Alain Gagnol, Animation, Feature Film, Folimage, Illusionist, Jacques Tati, Jean-Loup Felicioli, L'Illusionniste, Sylvain Chomet, Une Vie de Chat

Stupid Japanese Mangaka Comes to India

Print This Post November 9, 2013 by Sauvik Biswas 1 Comment

In 2004, Yukichi Yamamatsu, a 56 year old, technically challenged, mangaka arrives in India to translate mature mangas to Hindi and sell them. Needless to say, it was a futile attempt. Without sufficient money, without sufficient knowledge of English or Hindi, without sigmoid colon and without any concrete plan whatsoever, he steps foot in India. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Comics Tagged: Blaft Publication, Chi Daruma Kenpou, Indo e Baka ga Yattekita, Kumar Shivasubramaniam, Manga, Stupid Guy Goes to India, Yukichi Yamamatsu

Batman R.I.P.: An Exercise in Deconstructing Batman by Grant Morrison

Print This Post November 3, 2013 by Sauvik Biswas 4 Comments

I find Batman R.I.P to be intriguing. So much so, that I have read the trade paperback countless number of times. Yet, it is like bitter medicine to me. I can’t get over the fact that the plot appears to be very jittery and full of unnecessary twists and turns. Maybe I find it too … [Read more…]

Posted in: Comics Tagged: Alex Ross, Artwork, Batman, DC Comics, Grant Morrison, Graphic novel, Tony S. Daniel
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