#Goseki Kojima Art

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"... LIFE IS BLOODY; SO, TOO, OUR MYTHIC HERO."

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on the first English language collection of "Lone Wolf and Cub," published by First Productions in 1988. Dustjacket artwork by Frank Miller, painted by Bill Sienkiewicz. Foreword by Eric Van Lustbader.

MINI-OVERVIEW: Join renegade samurai Itto Ogami and his infant son, Daigoro on their quest for revenge and redemption. "Lone Wolf and Cub" is considered by many to be one of the greatest epic tales of its kind.

OVERVIEW: "The Ronin -- the masterless samurai -- is perhaps the most familiar figure striding through the mythology of Japan. He is, in that fascinating pantheon, the most tortured of all heroes. Invariably, it is his honor that has led him into an untenable position. This is the inherent sadness of his nobility that makes him so appealing -- and so heroic. To his last dying breath, he struggles against the tide, enduring uncounted instances of hardship and suffering, never for a moment wavering from his righteousness. His purity of heart makes him enviable. But his spirit is far from pure. Only the man who has never lifted his hand against another is pure. But the man who has never lifted his hand against another cannot achieve even one victory. Life is bloody; so, too, our mythic hero."

-- FIRST PUBLISHING (Chicago, Illinois, USA), c. 1988

Sources: https://forum.sanctuary.fr/t/page-s-de-pub/185608/225?page=9, Stuart Ng Books, various, etc...

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Lone Wolf and Cub'1

by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima

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o yuki by goseki kojima and michi azuma as oyuki

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21. Art styles nothing like your own but you like anyways.

God, I have so many, but I adore those very gritty art styles with a lot of solid black and heavy wrinkles/folds and realistic proportions (sometimes I draw with more realistic proportions, but a lot of my art as of late tends to be softly rounded or squishy chibi because that's easier for faster drawings, oof.)

I also adore art styles that resemble ink brush paintings so, so, so much. Gorgeous. Kojima Goseki's work for Lone Wolf and Cub.

Takada Akemi's art style, especially the one with more realistic proportions that heavily references photographs? Gorgeous. Lovely! I also like that she draws Yuu very clearly childlike compared to Creamy Mami, in the anime, they look so similar with the cutesier, rounder art style, it's hardly like she changes age at all!!

She also drew this Licca-chan for the Yunia Monogtatari special. ^^

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Comic artists researches. Part 1

Frank Miller:

Frank Miller is an American comic book artist, comic book writer, and screenwriter known for his comic book stories and graphic novels such as his run on Daredevil, for which he created the character Elektra, and subsequent Daredevil: Born Again, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, Sin City, and 300.

What is Frank Miller doing now?

On April 28, 2022, it was reported that Miller was launching an American comic book publishing company titled Frank Miller Presents, or FMP. Miller will act as the company's president and editor-in-chief, working alongside Dan DiDio as publisher and chief operating officer Silenn Thomas.

Did Frank Miller draw Daredevil?

He started out with minor tasks, like drawing covers and short stories for Spiderman anthologies. Then, at the beginning of 1979, came the big break: Miller became the official artist for Daredevil, one of Marvel's lesser-known series.

Who influenced Frank Miller?

Among his graphic influences were Neal Adams, Ernie Bushmiller, Guido Crepax, Will Eisner, Jack Kirby and Goseki Kojima. His made his debut in 1978 with contributions to Gold Key's The Twilight Zone. He soon also drew for DC anthologies and Marvel titles like 'Spectacular Spider-Man' and 'John Carter: Warlord of Mars'.

My opinion for this artist of his art style is very interesting for my opinion, that he uses some specific colours for different comic he made for Sin city, Daredevil and 300. As my point of view toward his comic is a mixed with a big art of scene in the comic and four small boxes to show what is going on with that scene which is very interesting to me.

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John Romita Jr.:

John Salvatore Romita is an American comics artist best known for his extensive work for Marvel Comics from the 1970s to the 2010s. He is the son of artist John Romita Sr.

When did John Romita Jr draw Spider-Man?

Romita Jr. made a name for himself as a key Marvel artist thanks in large part to his work on Spider-Man. He first drew the character in 1977, as the rising star son of the legendary John Romita Sr., and went on to become one of the definitive pencillers to ever work on the character.

What was the first comic of John Romita Jr?

Romita Jr. began his career at Marvel UK, doing sketches for covers of reprints. His American debut was with a six-page story entitled "Chaos at the Coffee Bean!" in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1977)

Is John Romita Jr back at Marvel?

He drew many of Marvel's greatest characters, and then moved to DC for a short period, where he also drew their greatest characters. John Romita Jr. has since returned to Marvel, getting his old job on The Amazing Spider-Man back.

My opinion for this artist of his art style is very pop culture-like as he is uses pop colours for example, red, blue, orange, yellow, etc. As he worked for Marvel as he did his work on Spider-Man as he first dew the character in 1977 as he is going to work back on the Spider-Man for Marvel.

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Brian Bolland:

Brian Bolland is a British comics artist. Best known in the United Kingdom as one of the Judge Dredd artists for British comics anthology 2000 AD, he spearheaded the 'British Invasion' of the American comics industry, and in 1982 produced the artwork alongside author Mike W. Barr on Camelot 3000, which was DC Comics' first 12-issue comicbook maxiseries created for the direct market.

What inspired Brian Bolland?

As early as 1962, aged 11, Bolland remembers thinking that "Carmine Infantino's work on the Flash and Gil Kane's on Green Lantern and the Atom had a sophistication about it that I hadn't [previously] seen." He would later cite Kane and Alex Toth as "pinnacle[s] of excellence," alongside Curt Swan, Murphy Anderson

You'll be surprised to hear that even though Judge Dredd had been in 2000AD since Prog 2 the editors weren't sure which of the interior characters would sell the comic best if that character was on the cover. Artists like me just came up with cover ideas and, if they liked them, we'd draw the cover and they would write a one-page text story based on it to go inside. These early covers of mine fall into that category.

Other covers followed for nearly a third of the first 30 progs, as well as stand-alone pages and some inking duties on Gibbons' Dan Dare. Already familiar with Nick Landau (acting editor), when another artist dropped out, Bolland was called directly to complete a Judge Dredd story in Prog 41 (3 Dec 77) and soon was established as a regular artist on the series. "From that point on," writes Bolland, "either he [Landau] or his successor Steve MacManus called me direct whenever they wanted me to do a Dredd story."

Bolland's early work on Judge Dredd was much influenced by McMahon, a talented newcomer whose idiosyncratic style was fuelling the interest in the new character. Bolland thought McMahon was "terrific, the real ideas man on Dredd," but noted that McMahon's approach was "very impressionistic," while the "average comics reader, certainly at the time, does tend to prefer realism." Bolland therefore states that he "aped Mike's genius... and then reinterpreted [Dredd] in a style which actually borrowed a lot from the work of the American artists," retaining McMahon's "granite-jawed" look but bringing a level of realism and fine detail to the character, which Mark Salisbury says "finally cemented the iconic image."

My opinion for this artist of his art style is horrific but in a good way as he is showing us in the comic with joker and batman as showing the Joker a villain in a horrific, disgusting and creepy style as he is showing toward us in world that the style of his is amazing as he did a well done of showing the art style on the comic book to show what horrific is it.

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Lone Wolf and Cub 2 by Goseki Kojima

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Original and final cover art by Frank Miller (colors by Lynn Varley) from Lone Wolf and Cub #3, published by First Comics, 1987.

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LONE WOLF AND CUB: BABY CART TO HADES

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Original Goseki Kojima Lone Wolf and Cub illustration.

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Lone Wolf and Cub

“Lone Wolf and Cub (子連れ狼 Kozure Ōkami?, Lone Wolf) is a manga created by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima. First published in 1970,“

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and, here’s an unused version of Bill’s painted colors:

Lone Wolf and Cub: Book One, by Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz.

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Day 038. Lone Wolf and Cub reference drawing. Original artist Goseki Kojima.

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Lone Wolf and Cub art by Goseki Kojima

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Artwork by Goseki Kojima pictured above

//The Ultimate Ode to Samurai: A Review of Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus 1

It can easily be argued that Kazuo Koike’s samurai epic from the 80s is one of the best manga series of all time. We’ve seen this story model before in more recent days with the Disney+ series The Mandalorian and Sucker Punch Studio’s Ghost of Tsushima on PlayStation. Each for different reasons, and I won’t spoil it by saying much more than that.

In the first omnibus we are introduced to a widower ronin and his son, wandering Japan as a deadly assassin duo. Each of the 700+ pages is plastered with incredible black and white sketch art by Goseki Kojima. Don’t let the colorless pictures deter you…they are filled with just as much character, depth and emotion as any full-color spread.

Each individual story has a pretty repetitive and predictable beginning, middle and end, but with their own little twists to keep things very interesting. I should make it clear that this is not a read for the faint of heart, as it is visually brutal and unforgiving. An incredible, ancient beauty lies in these pages, gore and violence included. It makes the world more believable and human.

Admittedly, I am new to the world of manga and Lone Wolf and Cub is very dense. Until my pockets are a little deeper or every book is finally available at my local library, I will have to take my time getting through the series, but it has proven so far to be spectacular.

https://www.amazon.com/Lone-Wolf-Cub-Omnibus-1/dp/1616551348

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Lone Wolf and Cub by Goseki Kojima