Disegna! Kakukaku Shikajika

A slacker teen with an interest in drawing manga finds herself falling under the sway of a gruff and abusive art teacher in this graphic memoir. Frankly, I had trouble warming up to either of them in this first volume, but I've already read the next two and know this mentoring relationship quickly d Leggi tutto

An autobiographical manga about Akiko Higashimura’s times when she was learning to become an artist from a peculiar and kinda abusive teacher. It’s a masterfully told story that I couldn’t put down once I picked up the book. This reminded me a bit of Bakuman, only with a lot more focus on the actual Leggi tutto

This autobiographical manga starts with Higashimura as a young manga fan who draws for fun, and moves on to her time in the studio with an unusual, to say the least, group art tutor in her area. "Sensei" is the perfect foil for the ambitious and self-confident, but somewhat lazy girl. As with all of Leggi tutto

Un joli mangas autobiographique sur le parcours d’une jeune fille qui veut devenir mangaka. J’ai beaucoup aimé le récit, l’originalité de la construction de l’histoire, et l’ambiance générale… Hâte de lire la suite !

I read this a few years back and loved it. I'm sorry I lost my copy of the book in a forest fire. The author tells her story of art development from early childhood until now. Very impressive, and fun to read.

4.5/5 stars Blank Canvas is the autobiographical manga of Akiko Higashimura, best known for her Princess Jellyfish series. We follow Hiyashi on her journey to become a shoujo mangaka. In this first volume Hiyashi is in high school and is trying to get into a good art school for university. I was recom Leggi tutto