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Category: Books

  • NADiff Versus Kuhaku

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    Craig of Chin Music Press describes his experience with NADiff: Finally he put it down and said. “This book doesn’t fit in this store… but it’s interesting. And very handsome. So I want to try it out.” NADiff is, for all purposes, a strictly fine-arts-related store. We at CMP just happen to love it and…

  • Kuhaku Launch Party

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    There will be launch party for KUHAKU at the Pink Cow on November 11. Some of the artists and writers from the book will be on hand for signing copies and readings. The event is from 7 to 11. Remember that you can buy copies of the book directly from the Chin Music Press site.

  • Kuhaku

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    A couple of weeks ago I mentioned the just-released KUHAKU & OTHER ACCOUNTS OF JAPAN, the first release of indie publisher Chin Music Press. I finally got my hands on a copy, and you need to do the same. Yes, it makes for a good read (various essays on Japan, including a very nicely illustrated…

  • Matsumoto Taiyo

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    Looks like Momus has become a fan of one of my favorite manga creators, Matsumoto Taiyo (BLACK & WHITE, PING PONG, BLUE SPRING). One thing I find so interesting about him is that he incorporates European BD in his illustrative style (if I’m not mistaken, he spent some time in France), which gives it a…

  • Kuhaku

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    KUHAKU is a book just published by Chin Music Press, and it looks really nice. One of the people involved lives not far from here (we’ve talked about cafes in the area). You can read interviews with the authors and view art here, and they even have a canned coffee review section (I’ve probably moblogged…

  • Vertical Sales

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    Vertical, the American publisher that releases English translations of Japanese fiction (as well as a few manga books, like Tezuka Osamu’s classic BUDDHA), now sells its books online from their site.

  • Genevieve Gauckler

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    Earlier tonight I went to visit OK Fredders Audrey and Yoshi, and while there they played a DVD that had a very nice animated slide show by French artist Genevieve Gauckler, whose works you can enjoy right now at the new Colette Meets Comme des Garçons shop in Aoyama. The DVD was actually one side…

  • The Book of Pallalink

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    Architect Kawahara Kazuhiko, who goes by the name Palla, creates beautiful parallel images of pictures he takes in Osaka. He’s been mentioned here before, but if you haven’t already, check out his site for tons of beautiful imagery. He’s now created a book, called THE BOOK OF PALLALINK, which he will be printing himself. To…