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One of our favourite contemporary artists, Audrey Kawasaki is having her first solo show in Japan. You’d think, as famous as she is and a name like Kawasaki – she’d already been having shows there. But alas, she is based in L.A. Her show is going to be at Space Yui in Aoyama, Tokyo. If [...]

Here’s a beautifully illustrated little webcomic I came across, intriguingly titled Perils of the Uncommon Skyway. It’s written and illustrated by Barnaby Ward. It’s a quick read, very little dialogue – but the artwork is surreal and beautiful. The colours are gorgeous, the illustration style seems a bit manga inspired (maybe a bit of  Yoshitaka Amano [...]

I stumbled across this really interesting post about the existence of Batman in 1960′s Japan. Being of Japanese background and being a Batman buff – I really should have known this, but this was fascinating and new to me. Apparently in 1966 Jiro Kuwata (who’s most famous for writing the original 8 Man manga) was commissioned to [...]