[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-kate-brown-gives-me-a-manga-lesson":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcm005-059ec8f8bf.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI've just uploaded some pics from the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.londonexpo.com/show_features/comic_village__expo.html\">London MCM Expo\u003C/a> on Saturday. The costumes were brilliant! And I got to catch up with \u003Ca href=\"http://www.kevhopgood.co.uk\">Kev Hopgood\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.marcellerby.com\">Marc Ellerby\u003C/a>, both of whom I hadn't seen for ages, so that was great. Most of the other exhibitors had displays of manga, and I'm just starting to learn about it, so at the DFC stand, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thedfc.co.uk/writers-artists/Kate-Brown/\">Kate Brown\u003C/a> gave me a lesson. Then \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thedfc.co.uk/writers-artists/John-Aggs/\">John Aggs\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thedfc.co.uk/writers-artists/emmavieceli/\">Emma Vieceli\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thedfc.co.uk/writers-artists/gary-northfield/\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a> chipped in some of their ideas for my reading list. (I've only read a few of them, lots of reading to do now!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/kate-84c8b88dd2.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Cb>Kate's Essential Manga Reading List\u003C/b>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Manga\u003C/b>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka\">Osamu Tezuka\u003C/a>: particularly \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_(manga)\">\u003Ci>Buddha\u003C/i>\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MW_(manga)\">\u003Ci>MW\u003C/i>\u003C/a>.  Also:  \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo%27s_Song\">\u003Ci>Apollo's Song\u003C/i>\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(manga)\">\u003Ci>Phoenix\u003C/i>\u003C/a>.\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiro_Taniguchi\">Jiro Taniguchi\u003C/a> \u003Ci>(I like his 'Walking Man')\u003C/i>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiyo_Matsumoto\">Taiyo Matsumoto\u003C/a>: \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekkonkinkreet\">\u003Ci>Tekkonkinkreet\u003C/i>\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Spring_(manga)\">\u003Ci>Blue Spring\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsuhiro_Otomo\">Katsuhiro Otomo\u003C/a>: first volume of \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_(manga)\">\u003Ci>Akira\u003C/i>\u003C/a>  \u003Ci>(John Aggs's pick)\u003C/i>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiko_Nishi\">Keiko Nishi\u003C/a> \u003Ci>(Kate writes, 'hard to find but worth it!')\u003C/i>\\r\n\u003Cb>Fumiyo Kōno\u003C/b> \u003Ci>(wiki only in Japanese)\u003C/i>: \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_of_Evening_Calm,_Country_of_Cherry_Blossoms\"> \u003Ci>Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki\">Hayao Miyazaki\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshihiro_Tatsumi\">Yoshihiro Tatsumi\u003C/a> \u003Ci>(I already love this guy's urban landscapes but I want to read more of his work.)\u003C/i>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makoto_Yukimura\">Makoto Yukimura\u003C/a>: \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetes\">\u003Ci>Planetes\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suih%C5%8D_Tagawa\">Suihō Tagawa\u003C/a>: \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norakuro\">\u003Ci>Norakuro\u003C/i>\u003C/a> \u003Ci>(Gary Northfield's pick)\u003C/i>\\r\n(There was also a big signing event at the MCM by Russian-Canadian \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Chmakova\">Svetlana Chmakova\u003C/a>; Emma Vieceli's a fan.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Anime\u003C/b>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Who_Leapt_Through_Time\">\u003Ci>The Girl Who Leapt Through Time\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Actress\">\u003Ci>Chiyoko - Millennium Actress\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekkonkinkreet\">\u003Ci>Tekkonkinkreet\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_Game_(film)\">\u003Ci>Mind Game\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetes\">\u003Ci>Planetes\u003C/i>\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Norstein\">Yuri Norshteyn\u003C/a>: \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog_in_the_Fog\">\u003Ci>Hedgehog in the Fog / Ёжик в тумане\u003C/i>\u003C/a> \u003Ci>(I love this one!)\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nI bought a gorgeous album on Kate's recommendation of work by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/scans/Tatsuyuki-Tanaka\">Tatsuyuki Tanaka\u003C/a> from a stall by a Coventry-based independent comics shop \u003Ca href=\"http://www.astralgypsy.com\">Astral Gypsy\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more More MCM pics here-->\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcm002-88c603d77d.jpg\">\\r\nTom Fickling gets a hug. There were a disturbingly large number of very young teenagers standing around forlornly by themselves with 'free hugs' signs. I couldn't quite figure out what that was about. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcm003-674caf988d.jpg\">\\r\nGary Northfield drawing Derek with my Vern picture at the DFC stand\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcm004-e737c8efdd.jpg\">\\r\nMugging with Emma Vieceli and a shrunken head\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcm009-65a32478c7.jpg\">\\r\nThe guy who lent us the shrunken head\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcm011-13cdb9893e.jpg\">\\r\nMarc Ellerby. He drew a fab picture of a flaming chipmunk in the 'Love the Way You Love' book I bought off him.\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcm006-598e5bcb83.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcm008-9d717e2622.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcm007-d84a812e73.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcm010-99e2d89b5e.jpg\">","2008-10-27T08:09:00.000Z","kate-brown-gives-me-a-manga-lesson",[],"kate brown gives me a manga lesson",1776628723776]