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tetsunori tawaraya’s crystal bone drive || 俵谷哲典の『crystal bone drive』 

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Tetsupendium by Tetsunori Tawaraya

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Tetsunori Tawaraya

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#repost @tetsunori @tetsunoritawaraya Tetsunori Tawaraya aka 俵谷 哲典 (Japan, 1979-). I am a fan of the work of this artist and musician, which in this case includes canine representation.

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❤️ European based @MicheleNitri-hollow-press publishes great comics both... @hollow-press

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‘Prophet Cat’ by Tetsunori Tawaraya custom framed with acid-free matting, UV glass and frame by Roma Moulding!

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Midnight Exploration Tetsunori Tawaraya

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I’ll be hanging some new piece this week at Fever for their 15th anniversary🙌🏽 Come hang out on this Saturday 16th.

Tetsunori Tawaraya exhibition

"JUUGO"

at

POOTLE (inside FEVER) Shindaita

(1-1-14 Hanegi Setagaya Tokyo)

Show dates: MARCH 14th (Thu) - 24th (Sun)

Mon-Fri 5-11pm

Sat-Sun 12-10pm

(12-6pm on MARCH 24th)

Opening reception: MARCH 16th (Sat)

(I’ll be drawing there and hang till 10pm. Time will be announced soon)

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Midnight Exploration

Tetsunori Tawaraya

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Animehouse at TCAF 2023

So for the uninitiated, TCAF is the Toronto Comics and Arts Festival, and it was held this weekend from Friday to Sunday. Sadly, I could only make the Sunday so I was unable to attend Mayuzuki's panel on the Saturday, but at the very least I made the signing on Sunday morning! All that said, this is just a little post sharing my thoughts and purchases from the festival as I had a great time and wanted to share that with people that were unable to make it there.

I'll get the boring stuff out of the way, my thoughts on it. It's a really cool and fun festival, I got there a half an hour before it opened since I had travelled from outside of the city, so I got myself a really nice spot in line. I was really surprised at how lax it was lining up, there were maybe a dozen people total in front of me, and the line only really started piling up in the last 15 or so minutes to get in.

Once I was in I got to take in the layout, which was rather cramped. I get it, they're operating it out of a library, there's not a whole lot of space. But I do still think it made for a bit of a suffocating experience when squeezing past people to walk in the narrow pathways between booths and bookshelves. Given the attendance, and the fact that it's free entry, I feel like they could really afford an upgrade if they required purchasing a pass for the festival. I'd 100% support it because it means the people that are behind it and participate in it as exhibitors could expand what they're doing and offer even cooler stuff.

Now, this is a comics and art festival, so I don't quite have a right to complain or voice my opinion, but I'll do it anyways. I love how they're integrating manga into the festival and using it to pull in people that might not otherwise experience comics in the more genuine sense outside of what's marketed by Marvel and DC. But I do also feel like they might try a little more to get a stronger response from that demographic. Both Denpa and Glacier Bay Books were there, and I feel like it's a bit of a missed opportunity to not have had them run a panel or anything for manga fans.

And last but not least, programming. I think it's really awesome that they're being proactive in getting younger audiences engaged in comics that exist outside of those big name ones like I said earlier. It's great to see them foster and encourage an interest that will help keep an industry going in the face of being overtaken in the public eye by superheroes.

Alright alright, manga stuff! Jun Mayuzuki was obviously the main attraction for me at the festival, so I made a B line for the signing table right when the festival opened. While I was there I bought this poster.

And I got this one for free with the signing.

And then of course there's the actual signature. I'm a bit (well really a massive) geek for this stuff so you know I had to get Mayuzuki to sign a JP copy of Kowloon Generic Romance volume 1 (real name omitted/edited out). It was a really great experience and Mayuzuki was incredibly nice, and seemed happy/surprised that I brought a JP volume to get signed.

Now, following that I've still got some cool stuff. Glacier Bay Books had a booth there and were selling some of the volumes they carry, so I picked up a pair I didn't have. Their quality really is incredible. Such a nice weight in the hands, the binding is tight without being rigid, and the paper quality when comparing to something like Viz is just stellar. Oh, and the color of the paper is dependent on the volume (Karman Line is blue/white while Mermaid Town is black with a red trim on the edge so the pages look red from the outside)

And Hollow Press came by and surprised me! These dudes are from Italy and are a horror publisher so I was super surprised to see them come all the way to Toronto for the festival, so I 100% had to pick up some stuff from them (not pictured are Grayworld & Crystal Bone Drive by Tetsunori Tawaraya because Tumblr is squishing the image horizontally for some reason). They've got really similar quality to Glacier Bay but put out a lot more smaller books than them. Still, great stuff (and for those in Canada, both Glacier Bay and Hollow Press titles are carried through The Beguiling!)

So yeah, a really awesome day where I got a lot of really awesome stuff. Being in Canada, there's not a lot of conventions or festivals that are easy or affordable to access, so a very grateful hats off to the team for bringing stuff to the general population that they can experience both in person and online!

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tetsunori tawaraya’s crystal bone drive || 俵谷哲典の『crystal bone drive』 

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Crystal Bone Drive by Tetsunori Tawaraya

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Art by Tetsunori Tawaraya (21st century).

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Musician-visual artist Tetsunori Tawaraya’s sci-fi-infused drawings have garnered fans across disciplines over the years, as he has sold prints and comic books at shows he’s played with acts like Tokyo’s 2up and San Diego punk act Dmonstrations. See more here.

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Mat Brinkman's Multiforce and Teratoid Heights Return to Print in Deluxe Hardcover Museum Editions

Mat Brinkman's Multiforce and Teratoid Heights Return to Print in Deluxe Hardcover Museum Editions #comics

Founded in 2015 by Michele Nitri, Hollow Press has published underground comics featuring dark fantasy and macabre artwork. He has worked with an influential roster of artists including Mat Brinkman, Tetsunori Tawaraya, Shintaro Kago, and Jesse Jacobs. Hollow Press books are produced with no expense spared, with limited print runs, funded by the purchase and sale of original artwork from each…