Blending a charming vintage art style with shockingly gory horror, Jay Stephens' Dwellings takes readers into Elwich, a seemingly idyllic small town with a sinister side where blood-splattered secrets are lurking around every well-manicured corner. With the first 72-page issue of the limited comic book series now available from Oni Press, we caught up with Stephens in a new Q&a feature to discuss combining a nostalgically cozy art style with intense scares, creating faux retro comic book advertisements that tie into his hair-raising tales, and reteaming with Oni Press to release Dwellings into the world!
Below, you can read our full Q&a with Jay Stephens, and we also have a look at the cover art, preview pages, and trailer for the first issue of Dwellings! To learn more about Dwellings, keep an eye on Oni Press' official website!
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Below, you can read our full Q&a with Jay Stephens, and we also have a look at the cover art, preview pages, and trailer for the first issue of Dwellings! To learn more about Dwellings, keep an eye on Oni Press' official website!
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- 8/9/2023
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
2022 has been another big year for anime and manga in the United States. This fall's "Chainsaw Man" anime is earning rave reviews. "Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero" earned 32 million worldwide in its first week. Netflix's "Cyberpunk Edgerunners" convinced folks to give the messy "Cyberpunk 2077" another shot, rocketing the game up the Steam rankings. On the manga front, the blockbuster success of Junji Ito has led publishers to take chances on other horror artists like Kazuo Umezu and Kanako Inuki. There's even a fledgling indie manga movement in the United States, with small publishers like Glacier Bay Books and Star Fruit Books distributing titles that might never otherwise see the light of day. We're long past the time of executives chopping up anime series in the editing docket to be marketable to American children. Anime and manga are now respected in their own right, if only because it sells.
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- 12/15/2022
- by Adam Wescott
- Slash Film
Noriaki Yuasa’s The Snake Girl And The Silver Haired Witch (1968) will be available on Blu-ray September 21st from Arrow Video
What do you get when Noriaki Yuasa, director of Daiei Studios’ much-beloved Gamera series, makes a monochrome film adaptation of the works of horror manga pioneer Kazuo Umezu (The Drifting Classroom)? The answer is 1968’s The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch, a fantastically phantasmagorical slice of twisted tokusatsu terror ostensibly made for children that will irreparably traumatize any child that sees it!
A young girl named Sayuri is reunited with her estranged family after years in an orphanage – but trouble lurks within the walls of the large family home. Her mother is an amnesiac after a car accident six months earlier, her sullen sister is confined to the attic and a young housemaid dies inexplicably of a heart attack just before Sayuri arrives… is it all connected to...
What do you get when Noriaki Yuasa, director of Daiei Studios’ much-beloved Gamera series, makes a monochrome film adaptation of the works of horror manga pioneer Kazuo Umezu (The Drifting Classroom)? The answer is 1968’s The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch, a fantastically phantasmagorical slice of twisted tokusatsu terror ostensibly made for children that will irreparably traumatize any child that sees it!
A young girl named Sayuri is reunited with her estranged family after years in an orphanage – but trouble lurks within the walls of the large family home. Her mother is an amnesiac after a car accident six months earlier, her sullen sister is confined to the attic and a young housemaid dies inexplicably of a heart attack just before Sayuri arrives… is it all connected to...
- 8/26/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“Monthly Shoujo Sunday is a collection of 12 oneshots by the wonderful Momoto Makiru. Known for their alternative and sometimes experimental art, Makiru brings us unique stories that are both weird and enlightening.” (Star Fruit Books)
Embracing the spirit of the underground, Momoto Makiru’s “Monthly Shoujo Sunday” is a wonderfully eclectic mix of styles both visually and narratively. Across 12 mini stories, the mangaka works in parody, gross out humour, social satire and absurdism to capture that lovely nostalgia of infamous publications like “Garo” which became a source of inspiration in the West for fans of underground comics. For those familiar, the work echoes the playful narrative approach of Yoshikazu Ebisu, the cartoonish crass and sexualized wok of Hanako Yamada, and the wonderfully self aware parodies on shojou of Carol Shimoda. Thankfully, beyond conjuring some notable names of the underground, Mariku’s cult stylings of “Monthly Shoujo Sunday...
Embracing the spirit of the underground, Momoto Makiru’s “Monthly Shoujo Sunday” is a wonderfully eclectic mix of styles both visually and narratively. Across 12 mini stories, the mangaka works in parody, gross out humour, social satire and absurdism to capture that lovely nostalgia of infamous publications like “Garo” which became a source of inspiration in the West for fans of underground comics. For those familiar, the work echoes the playful narrative approach of Yoshikazu Ebisu, the cartoonish crass and sexualized wok of Hanako Yamada, and the wonderfully self aware parodies on shojou of Carol Shimoda. Thankfully, beyond conjuring some notable names of the underground, Mariku’s cult stylings of “Monthly Shoujo Sunday...
- 4/28/2021
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
We love when fans discover things we’ve never seen before. Though it was released here in the States in 1973, William Friedkin’s The Exorcist didn’t arrive in Japan until one year later. In conjunction with the release, a magazine by the name of Shonen Sunday commissioned comic book artist Kazuo Umezu to put together a several page comic-style […]...
- 3/31/2017
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Horror Manga maestro Kazuo Umezu has taken to film, and a trailer for his first stab at movie making a semi autobiographical “horror” movie Mother, has been released. Mixing reality and fiction, the story revolves around the relationship between Umezu and his deceased mother, Ichie. And my....it was an Odd one. Mother opens in Japan this September Mother official site Mother trailer...
- 7/26/2014
- 24framespersecond.net
NEC Biglobe Provides English Manga through its Android App, Sugoi Books
Sugoi BOOKS¹ Original Manga Lineup
Tokyo, April 4, 2011 NEC Biglobe, Ltd. (Biglobe), one of Japan¹s leading internet service providers, announced today the launch of its digital bookstore Android app, ³SUGOI Books.²
Sugoi Books launches with a library of more than 100 authentic manga books translated into English. Titles include: ³Cat Eyed Girl,² by Kazuo Umezu, the legendary horror manga creator, and ³Joan,² by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, another renowned manga artist. This month¹s Sugoi Books lineup includes
original manga based on modern Japanese literature and legends such as ³Rashomon,² ³Hachiko,² ³Portrait of Hell² and ³The Setting Sun.² Expanding its manga library to 50,000 books by the end of 2012, Sugoi Books aims to become the largest manga provider for users of smartphones and multimedia devices.
Featured Content:
-Cat Eyed Girl (c)Kazuo Umezu/ Shogakukan Creative
-Joan (c)Yoshikazu Yasuhiko/ Japan Broadcast Publishing Co.
Sugoi BOOKS¹ Original Manga Lineup
Tokyo, April 4, 2011 NEC Biglobe, Ltd. (Biglobe), one of Japan¹s leading internet service providers, announced today the launch of its digital bookstore Android app, ³SUGOI Books.²
Sugoi Books launches with a library of more than 100 authentic manga books translated into English. Titles include: ³Cat Eyed Girl,² by Kazuo Umezu, the legendary horror manga creator, and ³Joan,² by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, another renowned manga artist. This month¹s Sugoi Books lineup includes
original manga based on modern Japanese literature and legends such as ³Rashomon,² ³Hachiko,² ³Portrait of Hell² and ³The Setting Sun.² Expanding its manga library to 50,000 books by the end of 2012, Sugoi Books aims to become the largest manga provider for users of smartphones and multimedia devices.
Featured Content:
-Cat Eyed Girl (c)Kazuo Umezu/ Shogakukan Creative
-Joan (c)Yoshikazu Yasuhiko/ Japan Broadcast Publishing Co.
- 4/4/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
Tsuruta stood at the crib of the Japanese new wave of horror films. About 20 years later things have quieted down a little and the Japanese horror scene has grown more diverse once again. The black-haired ghosts have made room for films like Tamami and Grotesque and directors seem eager to explore new horror grounds. Combining all these elements it becomes obvious how Orochi was conceived.
Tsuruta is a horror veteran. Single-handedly pulling the Honto ni Atta Kowai series his influence of the Japanese new wave is beyond a doubt. With films like Yogen (remade as Premonition), Sky High (though more of a Kitamura film) and Dream Cruise (Master of Horror series) he reached beyond the realms of the Japanese public and landed some success in the West. I've seen most of his films, but can't say I am a big fan of his work. I'm not the biggest fan of...
Tsuruta is a horror veteran. Single-handedly pulling the Honto ni Atta Kowai series his influence of the Japanese new wave is beyond a doubt. With films like Yogen (remade as Premonition), Sky High (though more of a Kitamura film) and Dream Cruise (Master of Horror series) he reached beyond the realms of the Japanese public and landed some success in the West. I've seen most of his films, but can't say I am a big fan of his work. I'm not the biggest fan of...
- 3/1/2010
- Screen Anarchy
It has been so long since we talked about the movie adaptation of the Kazuo Umezu manga Orochi that we completely missed the first teaser. Never fear. Nippon Cinema has picked up the first full trailer for it and by their own account it is much better than the teaser.
[Twitch] We have our two sisters, Kazusa and Lisa. For Lisa, no matter what she does, her sister Kazusa has done it better. Lisa is always told that she’ll never be comparable to her sister. As any sibling rivalry is wont to do it results in feelings of jealousy and vengeance. As Lisa grows she learns to hate and at times lashes out at the sister she once loved… [Nippon Cinema] A third girl named Orochi observes the situation and acts as a narrator for the story. Orochi is an ageless being who must sleep every 100 years. However, when she saves Lisa...
[Twitch] We have our two sisters, Kazusa and Lisa. For Lisa, no matter what she does, her sister Kazusa has done it better. Lisa is always told that she’ll never be comparable to her sister. As any sibling rivalry is wont to do it results in feelings of jealousy and vengeance. As Lisa grows she learns to hate and at times lashes out at the sister she once loved… [Nippon Cinema] A third girl named Orochi observes the situation and acts as a narrator for the story. Orochi is an ageless being who must sleep every 100 years. However, when she saves Lisa...
- 8/3/2008
- by Mack
- Screen Anarchy
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