Japanese Manga.

Horror manga artist in Japan

Junji Itou

Junji Itou, manga artist in Japan.

Junji Itou, born in 26 june 1963, in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, He is a horror manga artist in Japan. Itou used ordinary element, thinking and stuff in his creativity and realism style in his work, is look like happening in our real life. His was influence by Umeku Kazuo and kOga Shinichi since him childhood.  In his manga series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness, Uzumaki , a three volume about a toem absessed with spirals, and Gyo, a two volume story where fish are controlled by death stench. Most of his work had produce to movie carreer


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Tomie, Junji Itou‘s masterpiece horror manga.

Life and Career.

Horror manga was influence to Junji Itou since he was a kinder garden kid because of he borrow the horror manga from his sister. He was addicted by Umeku Kazuo and kOga Shinichi horror manga.His sister had a strong influence to himself, then he started drawing manga at primary school. He start learning inking from pencil work to finished manga with his classmate who interest on manga when he high school. After he finish his high school, he continue his studies in Dental technicians in Nagoya city, Japan. 

 First Published Work.

At 1986, Junji Itou first published his work to Halloween Monthly new work Column by Sonorama company. His manga work "Tomie" had been selected by Haloween Monthly Main Editor. His manga continue to publish every month.

Manga Artist Career.

From 1987 he started his manga career and he haven't resigned his job specialist dental technicians. He worked part time both for 2 to 3 years. He resigned he specialist and put all his spirit into manga. After he selected his love work - Manga Artist.. He created more and more manga work in his career.

The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection

• Volume 1 and 2: Tomie (富江)
• Volume 3: Flesh-Colored Horror (肉色の怪 Nikuiro no Kai)
• Volume 4: The Face Burglar (顔泥棒)
• Volume 5: Souichi's Diary of Delights (双一の楽しい日記 Souichi no Tanoshi i Nikki)
• Volume 6: Souichi's Diary of Curses (双一の呪い日記)
• Volume 7: Slug Girl (なめくじの少女)
• Volume 8: Blood-bubble Bushes (血玉樹)
• Volume 9: Hallucinations (首幻想)
• Volume 10: House of the Marionettes (あやつりの屋敷)
• Volume 11: The Town Without Streets (道のない街)
• Volume 12: The Bully (いじめっ娘)
• Volume 13: The Circus is Here (サーカスが来た)
• Volume 14: The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel (トネルの奇譚)
• Volume 15: Lovesick Dead (死びとの恋わずらい)
• Volume 16: Frankenstein (フランケンシュタイン)

Museum of Terror (恐怖博物館 Kyōfu Hakubutsukan) collects stories from Halloween in order of publication, Asahi Sonorama, first 3 volumes translated into English by Dark Horse Comics.

• Volume 1 and 2: Tomie (富江) 
• Volume 3: The Long Hair in the Attic (屋根裏の長い髪 Yaneura no nagai kami)
• Volume 4: Kakashi (案山子)
• Volume 5: Rojiura (路地裏)
• Volume 6: Sōichi no katte na noroi (双一の勝手な呪い) 
• Volume 7: Umeku haisuikan (うめく配水管)
• Volume 8: Shirosunamura chitan (白砂村血譚)
• Volume 9: Oshikiri idan (押切異談&フランケンシュタイン)
• Volume 10: Shibito no Koi Wazurai (死びとの恋わずらい) 
• Uzumaki (うずまき)
• Gyo (ギョ)
• The Sad Tale of the Principal Post (大黒柱悲話)
• The Enigma of Amigara Fault (阿弥殻断層の怪 Amigara Dansō no Kai)
• Cat Diary: Yon & Moo (猫日記 よん&むー Neko Nikki Yon to Mū)
• Black Paradox (ブラックパラドクス Burakku Paradokusu)
• Hellstar Remina (地獄星レミナ)
• Yami no Koe (闇の声)
• Shin Yami no Koe Kaidan (新・闇の声 潰談)
• Mimi no Kaidan (ミミの怪談?)
• Yuukoku no Rasputin (憂国のラスプーチン)  

At 1999,  his first masterpiece work "Tomie" had produce to movie. After "Tomie", he had more manga work produced to film.

Manga Style

Most of his manga story is short part to series, including "Tomie". his manga drawing is following the realism. Faces, hair, human figure, emotion was illustrated in detail. In his manga, image proportion, layout and story attract people and feel his horror thinking, like surround atmosphere had changed. 

Story, most of it was a ordinary main character live in a normal life and indirect to a out of normal logical thing to a madness, but physically it look like it can happen to our real life.     

Artist : Andy Warhol

                                Pop Art Leader :

                                    Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol, the one of an artist who influenced in art and design in 20 century. He was a America artist who leading a visual art movement which is Pop Art. He art media was multivariate included painting, printing, illustration, photography, movie and music. 

Andy Warhol, born in 1928 August 6 until 1987 February 22(aged 58).

 Life of Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol, he was born on 1928 August 6 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He been has 3 time of mental illness when his 8, 9, 10 years old, which medical name call "Rheumatic Chorea". Because of this illness, he was a autistic children at his childhood. His mother was always buy some color magazine and comic for his. Andy love drawing, his mother encouraged Andy when he done with a nice drawing. His mother was most influence Andy life.

Andy Warhol shoe illustration  

In 1949,Andy Warhol was 21 years old, he began his career in magazine illustration and advertising in New York city. He always move his place to saving his living cost. His once living with 17 person under the basement. And he were became a famous designer in magazine advertising and illustration when he were 24 year old in 1952. And his artwork was advert in New York city, the studios "Factory" was invited him to create a design team, and promoted to left the classic art, revert the traditional design. Stylish repeated a person portrait and  the soup can became an artwork were very popular in 50s-60s. 
    

At 1954, Andy first rewarded of Society of American Graphic Design Award for Outstanding Achievement. After 2 year, he also rewarded Art Directors Club's unique achievement award and the highest achievement award. At 1962 July, Andy Warhol had his first solo Pop Art Exhibition with 32 piece of "Campbell's Soup Cans" art work. 

At 1967, Andy Warhol had getting 3 gunshot in his Manhattan studio. Fortunately Andy had survive after the surgery. But this suffered his entire until he dead in a gallbladder surgery at New York Hospital on 1987 February 22, aged 58 . 

Andy Warhol had hail the name of most influence artist in art movement after Dali and Picasso.  

Mao portrait painting has been sell with price 7,600,000 GDP in England. 

Pop Art

"POP" is the short form of Popular, it mean popular art, It a art movement influenced from modern civilization of United state since 50s in 20 century.It reflects the growing up of the post-war social and cultural values of the younger generation, and strive to express themselves, pursue unconventional psychology. It can be in any media, example of cinema, music, graphic design and fashion design. In graphic design, Andy Warhol most artwork's feature were use repeat element like Marilyn portrait drawing and Mushroom soup can in one artwork and use the bright color and highest fundamental contrast color in different element. Its made his artwork brighter to attract people eye and spend more time to digest colorful artwork in their brain.  

In movie, Andy Warhol also had film many of movie work: 

Blow Job，1963 Sleep

1963 Kiss，1963-1964

Empire，1964

Harlot，1965

My Hustler，1965 

The Chelsea Girls，1966 

I, a Man, 1967

Blue Movie，1968