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Tang, R. (2014). Howdy, Stranger!
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i made a tumblr post to try to get people to read this one but i used a dialogue page instead of funny bullshit because i'm an idiot
I was going to put this on tumblr but then I didn't do that.
Note that some of these images may not be considered humorous without specialized equipment.
Nakatani Nio (Rireba):
cover of "Research on a Certain Flower"
Nakatani's comics are what I'd call "contemplative" or "thoughtful". Both the characters and reader are directed to contemplate, to think quietly and slowly about something. They are also generally pretty gay.
Except for the occasional action scenes, pages exude quietness along with a kind of discontent; you want to know what something means, but there's no major rush to figure it out. The characters mirror the reader, but act as their own people as well as signs and symbols. In this comic, Yukari is all of the mocking crone, educating mother (this page), and maiden in love, the monster definer who can't resist the one defined as undefined.
Well, that sounded pretentious. Maybe Nakatani's comics engender that in me too.
Nakatani has an original serial running in Dengeki Daioh, Eventually I Will Become Yours, which concerns an as-yet aromantic schoolgirl who gets kind of annoyed when an upperclassman she thought she could confide in turns out to like her.
Zounose (aka Yakumi Sarai):
Tragic horror is one of my least favorite kinds of stories. That may seem like an odd thing to say if you know me, because I'm a hateful little imp who delights in blood and guts. But the "tragic" and the "imp" are key here. In my mind, horror stories - by which I mean stories intended to induce disgust and/or fear in the reader - are best when they have a sense of ironic detachment or psychotic joy to drive the writer and reader forward through the rotten world.
Zounose does this very well. Almost all of their stories concern murder, death, and most commonly and worryingly, cannibalism. Zounose's Gensokyo is an ancient and ritualistic place of murdering humans and hungry monsters. Seriously very hungry monsters. One of Zounose's comics involves a "factory" of incipient suicides spirited away from the world to be food.
Despite this, there are strong feelings in the comics. Characters are more than mannequins existing to show the reader's fear: they may carry out human sacrifice but cry while doing it, retch in disgust after a rampage of consumption, or laugh at someone's stupid pun. Along with usual cartoon-ish but detailed style of the art, you get a pretty pleasant experience from your genocide story.
Zounose also has my favorite joke in a Touhou comic at all, the last page of "Vintage". I laughed out loud when I went to look it up again to write this. Reading the comic would make more sense than any explanation, but anyway I think we all know how Sakuya feels.
Karaagetarou:
from At Chirei, trans. Gaku Gaku and Danbooru (Soljashy and Moonspeaker and a few others)
Karaagetarou draws and writes in a kind of childish style. Characters are deformed or super deformed in appearance, their eyes often disappearing into crosses. Rapid-fire gags appear inbetween the plot points and hyper-excited characters. Buuuuut that cartoonish, it works well with these comics, which aren't really intended for little kids, after all. The kiddified world of Touhou has such strong emotions you can't help but be drawn in.
Karaagetarou has done some original comics, including the full length My Kairos.
Cool, Kyoushinsha. (2015). Komori Can't Refuse! (Cirno ⑨ Baka, trans.) Somewhere, Tokyo: Houbunsha.
Wells, J., Garrity, S., Diaz, P. (2015). Skin Horse. http://skin-horse.com/
Yukiwo. (2012). Jyashin-chan Dropkick. (Oni-Scans, trans.). Misakichō, Tokyo: Holp Shuppan.
Scichil. (2014). Vector Spectacle. (KFC Translations, trans.). I gave up on tracking down doujin publishers so here's their blog.
Kui, Ryoko. (2014). Dungeon Meshi. (#EverydayHeroes Scans, trans.). Tokyo, Japan: Enterbrain.
Kui, Ryoko. (2013). Terrarium in Drawer. (Hox, trans.) I don't know where but probably Tokyo, Japan: East Press.
Tsurusaki, Yuu. (2012?). Hakoiri Drops. (Maigo, trans.). Somewhere, Tokyo: Houbunsha.
it's porn
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this is also a good one
Seconded. Those are supremely purdy.
not funny, but i think it's rare for intro "hey math is cool" stuff to say this sort of thing (mine didn't), and it's an important sentiment
Yuuki, H., and Hisaka, M. (2008). Mathematical Girls. (Hox, trans.). Shibuya, Tokyo: Media Factory, which incidentally is a hell of a name for a #content #producer.
fourth on the list would probably be yokochou, who does comics so heavily that it would be difficult to find an arty spread.
Kondoh, Rururu. (2010). Alyosha! (Project Bite Me! Scanlations, trans.) I have no fucking idea, Japan: Shōnen Gahōsha.
Amano, Shinobu. (2011). Last Game. (Dragon&Fly Scans, trans.) Chiyoda, Tokyo: Hakusensha.
romcom personalities approved by the Tzetze Board Of Approving Romcom Personalities:
Hato and Kawakami, M. (2014). There's a Demon Lord on the Floor! (Deus Ex Scans, trans.) Shibuya, Tokyo: Media Factory
Yoshino, Satsuki. (2013). Handa-kun. (Oni-scans, trans.) Shinjuku, Tokyo: Square Enix.
demon's by a published comicker who knows the skin horse artist, skin horse has fanart and stuff, and awful hospital is by noted internet person
Something to be said for the exponentially increasing absurdity, though.