Month: February 2006

  • Relax Boyz

    A new little Relax Boyz figure I picked up.

  • Moriyama House in QTVR

    SHINKENCHIKU offers up a great QTVR look at Ryue Nishizawa’s Moriyama House (mentioned here the other day). Link via Dezain.net.

  • Junko Mizuno Interview

    THE COMICS JOURNAL has put online an excerpt from an interview with manga artist Junko Mizuno — the full interview is in the current issue of the magazine, #273.

  • GAS Book 22

    The next release (22) from the GAS BOOK series covers designer/art director Nagi Noda. Also, this month’s Ginza Graphic Gallery exhibition (February 6-28) is a look at her work, focusing on her “Hanpanda” creations.

  • Seth Fisher Passes Away

    Seth Fisher, a comic book artist I really, really liked (VERTIGO POP TOKYO, FANTASTIC FOUR/IRON MAN: BIG IN JAPAN), has passed away due to injuries resulting from a fall off a club’s roof in Osaka. More info on the artist (from CR Briefings) here, here, and here. Update: More info from Drawn! The Illustration Blog.

  • This Week at Gridskipper

    Omotesando Hills Opening Party Canadian Style You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here.

  • Konica Minolta, Sayonara

    Wow! Konica Minolta Holdings Co. announced that it would withdraw from the digital camera and film business by March 31, 2006. The company will also be transferring part of their Digital Single Lens Reflex camera business assets to Sony, and will then focus on its optics and display device fields such as liquid crystal film,…

  • Lion Cafe

    Marxy checks out the Lion cafe in Shibuya.