Forum - View topicNEWS: Japanese, World Manga Nominated for 2007 Eisner Awards
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Kagemusha
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As great as he was Eisner's influence on US comics is small compared to the impact Tezuka had. Obviously "creating" the first graphic novel was a huge deal and much of his work on The Spirit was light-years ahead of his time, but I doubt that anyone in world comics can match the influence that Osamu had (even Hergé). But it isn't a big deal since both creators were immeasurably talented.
Sure there is. That's like saying there's no manga influence in Frank Miller's artwork just because he doesn't use big eyes. "Traditional" (in other words, stereotypical) visual influence? Maybe not, but I'm sure you know there are plenty of different art styles that can be seen as an influence in Cloonan's drawing style (probably a calligraphy and traditional art influence as well, like Paul Pope). Also, ECR is different from American Virgin in that you can see a more distinct manga influence on it's visual storytelling (not so much in shading, though it did kind of remind me of Hiroaki Samura). Anyways, she's part of a kind of "OEL clique" with people like Jennifer Quick, and I don't see the point of fussing over a label that just means "comic" in a different language. |
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jgreen
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Well, my surprise was that I misread the article and thought Cloonan was being nominated as a quote-unquote "manga" artist, but she was nominated for "Best New Series"....manga had nothing to do with it. Anyway, I'm not about to start another "is OEL manga?" debate, I was just surprised to see Cloonan included in that group because her work on American Virgin doesn't strike me as manga-esque. That's the only point I was trying to make. |
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