Neill Cameron, who we spoke to the other week alongside his comics compadre Jason Cobley as part of British Comics Month, drops me a line to say that he created a Manga-esque strip based on the recent trip to Japan he and his wife Di made.
The full strip – in glorious colour – runs to six pages and is featured in the current issue of top Manga-Anime magazine Neo (issue 22). Neill describes it: “It’s a blend of comics, travelog, hopefully useful tips and typical lowbrow Dumbass humour, all wrapped up in a funky shiny manga stylee. Enjoy!”. It includes travel tips, best places to stay and why you should never fart in a shared tub in Japan. Thanks to Neill for the pages reproduced here.
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October 3rd, 2006 at 11:23 am
[...] This November sees the publication by Constable Robinson of the Mammoth Book of Best New Manga, edited by the famous Ilya. Designed to both foster new talent and to introduce them to a wider audience, this collection weighs in at more than 500 pages making it damned good value for money at a mere £7.99. That value for money increases because we’d really like our readers to take advantage of this collection to explore new material, so we are offering the Mammoth Book of Best New Manga at 33% off, making it a pretty affordable way to try out something new. Regular blog readers will no doubt recognise the artwork for the cover of the Mammoth book, which is courtesy of our very own UK artist Neill Cameron, featuring his wonderful ninja panda from the excellent Bulldog Empire #2 which he created with Jason Cobley. You may also recall the very cool manga Neill sent us about his trip to Japan over the summer, which you can still see here. [...]
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:34 pm
[...] FPI: So moving on to the Mammoth Book, it’s a pretty hefty tome (over 500 pages) and you have contributors from all over, including the Middle East, Far East and here in Britain. In fact I recognised the cover as being Neill Cameron’s ninja panda from his and Jason Cobley’s Bulldog Empire and I know he did a terrific mini manga representation of his trip to Japan recently (in NEO magazine) – is he one of the contributors inside as well as on the cover? Who else will we be seeing inside and what kind of material can we expect? Are they all up and comers from the independent end of comics or are there established creators in the mix as well? [...]