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Two mangas’ recommendations

Pane — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:46:40 +0000

When I would like to have done something myself it means that I really like that thing, that’s the case of Travel, a manga I’ve recently bought.

I really like the cover jacket, which hide in the inside a “secret” drawing.

Beside the good layout, that makes of this book also a nice object, the comic it self, if we can call it “comic”, is pushed to it’s limits, and it become something else, touching the edges of a pure art form.
The plot it’s completely without words and sounds, this privation makes the story be a sequence of uninterrupted actions, and even if there aren’t words to tell us which sounds or which thoughts are passing by the characters’ mind, we can figure it out on our own even stronger.
It feels like that the author Yuchi Yokoyama created a unique graphic language, where the lines of actions and the happenings trough the story intersect creating panels of pure abstraction.

The other recommendation, is also a manga, but in this case a very classic one, that I’ve just discover recently.
Oishinbo is a jorney into the culinary Japanese’s culture, where two masters of cooking challenge themeselfs in a series of cooking battles.
Trough this comic you can understand how important is the food in Japanese culture which is one of my favorites together with the Italian cuisine. This manga works as a real cooking book, in fact the detailed explanation of the dishes can aloud you to really make them.

All City Writers

Pane — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:22:15 +0000

Yesterday I went to the Amsterdam’s presentation of the book All City Writers, in little words all you have to know about forty years of Graffiti in Europe and not only.
Andrea Caputo, the author of this book contacted me a couple of years ago, asking for a contribution. I have to admit I was a bit skeptic, like: “do we need another book about the subject?”.
So far All City Writers is one of the best graffiti book, not only for the contents, which are richness; there’s an incredible work of research behind the pages, but also for the way those contents are presented, in a thoughtful layout, clear and functional.
So, I had to reconsider my initial skepticism, this is a must have book, if you are interested on the subject and either if you just like very well done products.

And of course I had my copy signed by some of the old school Amsterdam’s buddies.

And if you want to know more about All City Writers, there’s a very nice web-site too:
www.allcitywriters.com

Manga Don’t Like Wine #3

Pane — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:33:41 +0000

We might be a little slow, but we’re getting to the point of having Manga Don’t Like Wine printed.
We’ve finished selecting the artworks submitted, and decided the page order:

I’ve printed and correct the drafts:

Beside the artists we asked directly to participate at the project, here’s the list of the others we chose from the submission we received:

Emeli Martensson, Luca Cagnassi, Mikael Dalnas
Sedo, Imos, Jeris
Jose, Gabriele, Mauro
Hero!, Funboy, Ven17
Marco, Domenico, Valentina
Yocca, Domenico, Kix

Thanks to all of you for the grate work!

People Think I’M Cool #1

Pane — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:48:25 +0000

After a year of working with my sister Giovanna on a book about me, we are finally proud to present: “People Think I’M Cool – The Art And Life Of Pane”.
This first edition is in Italian and only in three copies, is just a prototype and I’m looking now for an editor to produce a commercial edition in English.
The book has been built like a biography, the 200 pages contains a lot of images and stories.
Stay tuned for further news about “People Think I’M Coll”.