Pepita

More pictures on my blog I ve had the Japanese edition of this book pepita meets that was published in 2011 I like the book but could not understand what was written It s great that Viz Media released this English edition There s some difference between the two edition The English edition left out the behind the scenes DVD and some calendar postcards.Pepita is a sort of a travelogue sketchbook from Takehiko Inoue, the artist for the popular comic series Slam Dunk and Vagabond Pepita is a very di [...]

A renowned manga artist visits Spain, ponders Gaudi s amazing architecture and formidable career, and draws what he sees and what the landscape inspires This is a really beautiful, interesting book The text translation is not great and isn t well sourced, but so, so lovely to look at.

This book is the record of renowned manga artist Takehiko Inoue s visit to Barcelona and environs seeing and finding out about one of a kind architect Antoni Gaudi There are so many excellent aspects to this book, such as Inoue s drawings the interweaving of photos of architecture, scenery, parks, streets, important locations in Gaudi s life, with Inoue s drawings, Inoue s commentaries musings on Gaudi, what led to his design ethos some might call Art Nouveau on steroids and his overwhelming rel [...]

A famous manga artist keeps a journal while he visits Spain to see first hand the buildings of a famous architect he greatly admires This book appealed to me right away because I love art journals, travelogues and architecture It is not exactly what I expected but enjoy it, I did Described best perhaps as a coffee table book, this is a very visual book full of illustrations, photographs and something I really appreciated photographs the author has altered by illustrating over them I had no idea [...]

Pepita is of a history book than what Inoue typically produces, but as a fan of Takehiko Inoue I was really excited for this It features sketches by Inoue as he researches architect Gaudi s life and work through interviews with experts, as well as exploring the beautiful architecture that Gaudi produced The reader also gets to see Inoue s journey to Barcelona through photos.Seeing his sketches of the people in Gaudi s life, along with their photos, only made me appreciate Inoue s talent even N [...]

This book called out to me every time I passed itr days I would see that boy with the sky blue eyes until finally I had enough and grabbed a copyI do not read mangaI have never heard of this Takehiko persond while I could not get into the actual writing I loved the art worka traveling diary of sortske looking at grandpas postcards when he came home from his adventures