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Here's an infographic I made that talks about how certain forms of literature and art are victims of snobbery and elitism when they are just as valid as any other.
When I get some time, I need to make a few edits and additions, but overall I'm pretty pleased with it.
I was suddenly possessed by the desire to draw lighthouses. Inspired by the work of Don Kenn , Edward Gorey, and H.P. Lovecraft. First in a possible series.
Here is the link for the latest Mangaverse zine, a tribute to Leiji Matsumoto who passed away this year: LINK I'm posting it here for the time being until it can be put up on the N3F website where all the other ishes are here . The cover One of favorite things I did for this ish Please check it out and tell me what you think! On twitter @patokon or email (patokon(dot)com(at)gmail(dot)com CHEERS!
Welcome back to my blog! Chances are it’s only your first or second time to visit and how could I blame you? This blog has been all over the place since I first started it way back when. I use it to talk about my art, my writing, my charity work, and my adventures in and around Japan. Since right around the time of the Kumamoto Earthquake, I’ve been introduced to a whole new world - the world of comics scholarship. I gave my first lecture in May 2016, which was on horror comics history, at Kumamoto University. It went over well and once the Kōshi Manga Museum was opened in 2017, I gave a shorter version of the same lecture combined with a fun workshop there. Based on that I was invited to give a series of 6 monthly lectures at the museum starting in Spring of 2018. I continue to find comics history and scholarship fascinating and so, for the time being, you can expect more posts on comics. Akahon comic Carefree Journey Without furth...
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