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Art Colony: the snail-people
Thursday, May 4, 2006
› by victoria
Reading UZUMAKI has forever changed the way I see snails. It's difficult to explain unless you've seen the movie for yourself. (*the link I just posted to also includes several stills of the most dramatic shots in the movie). You can't even begin to compare Junji Ito's work with those of other manga/graphic novel/comic artists: his art is just so far superior, it's incredible. My descriptions of it can't do it justice; all I can say is that if I leave one of his books sitting around inevitably someone always has to find out what it's about and then they become engrossed in it... His latest book GYO could never live up to the "holy shit!" incredibleness of UZUMAKI, but it sure has its "WTF?" moments.
I overslept my alarm clock this morning but somehow managed to get ready in 12 minutes and catch the bus and go to work on time. Now if only the stupid group-project I have to work on were complete I could just go outside and enjoy the (rare) sunshine.
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