UMEZU X OTOOTO22 PRESENT: BAPTISM SHIRTS!

Two more shirts from the Beams and Kazuo Umezu collaboration line have been posted today. This time, instead of Orochi designs, the inspiration for these t-shirts is [洗礼] aka Baptism.

The first shirt is cool but a little gimmicky, but the second is like WHOA HOLY FUCK I WANT TO GO TO THERE. Check them out:

Price: 6,090円


Price: 6,090円

In related news, the third volume of the UMEZZ PERFECTION reprint of Baptism came out in Japan today! Another excellent cover to go with the first two:

SHINTARO KAGO JOINS YOUTUBE

Oh shit, you guys. It happened, finally. This week, Shintaro Kago launched his own YouTube channel! So far, he has posted 3 of the short movies that he's shown at recent gallery events and are available on his DVDs (scroll down the page). The first two shorts are animated (very wacky a la 4chan gif madness) and the last one is a live-action clip.

Definitely go rate these videos and leave comment if you enjoy them!

恐怖のオリンピック競技/Terror of olympic game - animated


恐怖のゴルフ場/Terror of golf course - animated


穴/Hole - live action

(Context for "Hole" joke here)

NEW DAILY COMICS FROM SHINTARO KAGO!

Hot on the heels of his last update, our patron saint Shintaro Kago is at again with another update to the Daily Manga section of his site. Once again for your viewing pleasure, I'm happy to present this batch of seven 1-panel gag comics, with quick English translations by me! Kago-san stays close to the usual themes of suicide and destruction... and Edgar Allan Poe.

SUNDAY - Pistol suicide


MONDAY - The hanging of a sumo


TUESDAY - Mother Nature = WIN


WEDNESDAY - Orthodontics... after the Great Kanto Earthquake


THURSDAY - Poe slashing his wrist


FRIDAY - In vitro fertilization


SATURDAY - Sandwich Shop (SIGNS: Double Decker Sandwich ¥500, Hot Sandwich ¥400, Sandwich ¥300)

TAKASHI NEMOTO HANDMADE GOODS

Apologies for the media-heavy, text-light posts lately! I've had company the past two weekends and busy at my day job, so I haven't made a lot of time to crank out a long written post in a while. I'll work on fixing that up (or maybe everyone prefers the picture posts to long-ass commentary?).

Meanwhile, an awesome collection of one-of-a-kind goods was just posted on the TACOche blog: hand-painted Takashi Nemoto bags and t-shirts!! It's like carrying around MONSTER MEN BUREIKO LULLABY on your shoulder... or your back!



Hand-painted tote bag (front & back): ￥20790



Medium hand-painted bag (front & back): ￥4305



Small hand-painted bag (front & back): ￥3675



Hand-painted T-shirt (front & back): ￥17640



Hand-painted T-shirt (front & back): ￥17010



Hand-painted T-shirt (front & back): ￥16485

For these crazy items, check out TACOche in person in Nakano Broadway Mall in Tokyo!

HARD COPY OF A DRIFTING LIFE

Freshly printed and delivered to the Drawn & Quarterly office, they've posted on the D&Q blog a photo of what the English edition of Yoshihiro Tatsumi's massive A Drifting Life looks like...

CELEBRATE THE UMEZZ LEGAL VICTORY...

...With a PVC toy replica of his Kichijoji house! Fresh off the presses on the Umezz.com blog, new toys going on sale (in Japan) in April!





PVC TOY: 3,129円
Size: H11.5×W9.5×D9.5cm

Also, for the cellphone user who wants to show that home is where Umezu's heart is, a keitai charm!





KEITAI CHARM: 420円
KEY HOLDER: 525円
KEITAI STRAP: 525円

MEANWHILE, OVER AT THE EAZB...

...things are buzzing! Click to go check out the following recent posts on the Electric Ant Zine Blog:



+ Meeting Takashi Miike with Gea!

+ The newest photo-illustrated piece by Evan Hayden, this one inspired by the formal androgyny of Takarazuka theatre posters!

+ Testing out coupons with gCheckout, including a $2.00 off coupon for buying a copy of the zine.

+ Screen-printed psychadelic pizza boxes by Mickey Zacchilli

+ The Covered! meme continues, with Calvin Wong tackling Gen 13 and me talking The Infinity Gauntlet

+ And much more... (check back through the previous pages!)

If you like what you see over there, please leave a comment and say hello!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Holy crapola, look what they had at the local book shop (not comic shop)...


Pluto Vol. 1 and 20th Century Boys Vol. 1!!!

I just read Pluto and now my GF and I are about to swap manga. Pluto is... well, it's just fucking incredible. I got teary-eyed two or three times, and the translation (by Fred Schodt and Jared Cook) and editing/production is immaculate. FUCK YES, YA'LL.

Naoki Urasawa, I bow down to you :)