I tre Adolf

You’ve probably heard the rumour that Hitler was part-Jewish thanks to a distant relative – the shock, the irony! etc. The rumour’s long been debunked but comics legend Osamu Tezuka took the idea and ran with it in his massive 1300+ page book, Message to Adolf, with Part 1 clocking in at a whopping Leggi tutto

For those of you who don't know, Osamu Tesuka is the godfather of manga, who for many years produced Astro Boy and other comics for kids, and then decided to broaden his range and create comics for adults, to explore what it is manga/comics could do. So, I am also reading another epic, multi-volume

The Good -- It's compelling: Despite Message to Adolf's flaws, it is a story that builds inertia in the reader. Once I started reading, I slowly picked up speed until I finally raced to the end at breakneck pace, even losing some sleep to get to the end of this first part.The chapter structure, heavi Leggi tutto

This is fantastic storytelling. I immediately requested Part II. The author is considered to be the "Father of Manga." He was the creator of Astro Boy, and was thought of as the Japanese equivalent of Walt Disney, who greatly influenced his style. For whatever reason, I don't recall anyone having ha Leggi tutto

Každý vydavatel si ve své produkci sem tam splní přání co jsou více jeho než ruky trhu. Crew není výjimkou. Nevím, který z dua Pavlovský a Litoš to byl, ale tahle volba se povedla. První část je masivní kniha, tudíž hardback je správná volba a celkově po stránce zpracování nemám co vytknout. U Crwe Leggi tutto

Wow! This book has been on my to-read list for a long time, and I finally decided to tackle it, due largely to my and Shea's decision to discuss this book (along with Muzuki's Hitler) for the November manga episode of the podcast. This is quite an ambitious, and impressive, story that Tezuka mapped