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 QC: My influences! I have a lot of influences, mostly manga, though the one person that has influenced me more than others would be Osamu Tezuka. It's not so much his art, but his attitude towards manga that I admire. He wasn't the first manga-artist I got attached to, but when I stumbled on more of this work, I was amazed by the variety of stuff that he did, unlike most currently working Japanese manga-ka. Most manga-artists tend to stay within one genre and one demographic, but Tezuka just rocketed from one genre and one demographic to another, like he didn't care, and he probably didn't. I suppose that's why I myself try so many different genres and styles because in a way I'm trying to imitate him. And amazingly enough, another one I was really influenced by was... Calvin and Hobbes. PC: That wouldn't seem so surprising except you're a scary writer person doing scary works.   QC: Oi? I have a lot of other manga on my site. Let's see... I have nine short stories and four longer ones. It's the short stories where I have the most fun experimenting. Though I've only found a style I'm comfortable with recently. Hmmm... writing manga isn't much different from writing western comics, because ultimately it's the story pacing that makes the difference. Usually that will be up to the artist. PC: [Compared to western comics] manga is cheaper, gives more for its dollar, has more variety, has better characterization. It's WRITTEN better. There's a lot of death-of-comics talk going around for years in the western comics industry, but now even the people who were just paying it lip service are wondering. QC: Oh! I read "western comics." Not superheroes, but Sandman, Sin City... luv it. But these are more "indy" works, I suppose. : : Next |
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