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Post by SGT Comics on Mar 20, 2019 13:33:53 GMT
Kazuo Koike is one of the cornerstones of modern manga, responsible for several of the best-known early examples of manga imported to the USA in the late 1980s, including Crying Freeman and Lone Wolf and Cub. Koike was also one of the founders of the gekiga movement among manga artists who strove to expand the artform to include more serious, dramatic, mature-themed styles into their art form. Among the artists to be directly influenced by Koike’s Gekiga Sonjuku were: Rumiko Takahashi ( Urusei Yatsura, Ranma ½), Hideyuki Kikuchi ( Vampire Hunter D), and Tetsuo Hara ( Fist of the North Star). manga-style // gekiga-style Among Koike’s lesser-known works is the Japanese trans-creation of Marvel’s Hulk. Published as a 23-part serial in Bokura magazine, the familiar story follows Dr. Araki, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima who was inspired to work on the gamma bomb program for the US government. During a test, Araki spotted teenage Ricky Tenda in the blast zone. Araki was able to save Ricky from the blast, but was himself exposed to the gamma radiation and became the Hulk. Koike also produced an original Wolverine story for the US market, published in X-Men Unlimited #50 (September 2003). In 2004, Kazuo Koike and his collaborator on Lone Wolf and Cub, Goseki Kojima, were inducted into the Eisner Awards Hall of Fame.
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Post by SGT Comics on Apr 19, 2019 17:31:23 GMT
Story at Newsarama
Sadly, the first reply is to share the news of the great man's death at age 82.
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Post by Jesse on Apr 19, 2019 21:42:17 GMT
Yeah, I saw that he had passed earlier today. He was quite the icon.
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