I reccomend 'Hiroshima: the Autobiography of Barefoot Gen' to accompany tha manga. It is the story behind the story. As you say all the aftermath of the bomb dropping stuff is harrowing. But then the dedication he puts into becoming a manga artist is so inspiring!
@Freesoler01
Жыл бұрын
I have "I Saw It". I love the story so much. While I loved reading 'Gen', this was so much deeper and more meaningful. You really appreciate who Keiji Nakazawa was and what this man endured, and overcame. Wow, can you imagine what this man knew and saw in his life.
@Gootie29
2 жыл бұрын
Any leader with the ability to lunch nukes needs to read this manga. They need to fully understand the consequences
@user-bs3is5zt1n
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for this episode! I had listened to some Cartoonist Kayfabes but had not realized that you did one on Nakazawa. This year Last Gasp republished _I SAW IT_ in black and white with the pages unflipped, and I recommend their edition also. You skipped over the panel (of interest to fans) where Nakazawa says that the comic that turned him on to manga was Osamu Tezuka's _Shin Takarajima_. _I SAW IT_ is a tough story to "enjoy," but I did feel good to hear your enthusiasm for this comic that I published, through my one-man company EduComics, so long ago. In 1986 (thanks in large measure to a huge and determined international peace movement), the nuclear arms race stopped and then began running backwards. Now, however, a second nuclear arms race seems to have begun. A current estimate is that a nuclear war between the US and Russia with their remaining warheads would kill six times more people than died in World War II for a start, and then billions of people would starve to death in the next two years because of "nuclear winter." I encourage my fellow cartoonists to think about how we might all, following Nakazawa's example, contribute to raising awareness of our multifaceted world crisis with the aim of averting further tragedies.
@dwaynemuth8775
2 жыл бұрын
Very humbling experience! I’m at a loss words,guys! Venting tragedy via comics narrative! Hell of a work ethic delivered through hard life experience! This is what comics can do,entertain and inform! Thanks again! Binge watching you guys everyday! Keep up the great stuff!
@gabrieljimenez9762
2 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate enough to take a trip to Hiroshima while living in Japan and of course I went to the Memorial Park and Museum. Beautiful museum that captures the horror of the bombing and the suffering the people went through. The pictures and relics that are on display are heart-shattering. It really screwed me up for days afterwards. I knew it was going to be tough and I almost didn't go there because of that, but figured it was almost a responsibility to go there and take it all in. At the museum shop there were a lot of copies of Barefoot Gen and mentions of the Barefoot Gen project. I was tempted to buy at least one of the volumes, but didn't feel like bringing back a souvenir from that place. Haven't been able to make myself get through the book or even Grave of the Fireflies because of that. To think that a nation could rise up from something like that. To make itself a world power after something like this? No wonder there is so much atomic age pop culture and themes out there from this.
@juanalbarran75
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, I love it when you guys talk about manga. Please do show the B&W bigger book also, his art looks much better there
@benthehumaniac
2 жыл бұрын
I've had the image of the skin melting from the ends of the victim's arms in my head for 30+ years and didn't know where it came from. It's the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions the atomic bombing of Japan. Thank you for sharing this. Though I feel weird even bringing it up because it's really no comparison in terms of the gravity of the material, I think this provides valuable context to understanding some of the themes of my favorite manga, Akira.
@steveosteveareno2670
2 жыл бұрын
Never cried in a Kayfabe episode before.
@stevenng5836
2 жыл бұрын
While going to school at Cal, I haunted the Berkeley used book stores and found a 1979 English-language edition of Barefoot Gen translated by Project Gen and published by Sanyusha in Tokyo. Later, I purchased the 1988 Barefoot Gen: The Day After translated by Project Gen and published by New Society Publishers of Philadelphia, PA and Santa Cruz, CA. Frederik Schodt is listed as a member of the Project Gen production team. Keiji Nakazawa came to an American convention in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1992.
@louiechin2937
2 жыл бұрын
I saw some of the barefoot gen cartoon for history class in high school!
@cluepac
2 жыл бұрын
Barefoot Gen Book One was one of the biggest gut punches ever. I have the entire run, but only made it to Book 7 or so. Also picked up the animated movies on Blu ray.
@fletchkeilman2205
2 жыл бұрын
Barefoot Gen ...yet ANOTHER comic from childhood. Good work guys!
@jyrkivainio425
2 жыл бұрын
That smoking panel is very poignant, because it was lung cancer that got him in the end...
@LeaCaballero
Жыл бұрын
This comic is absolutely amazing
@Napalm6b
2 жыл бұрын
They made an anime out of this story too. I watched it up to the point where the mother couldn't feed her baby and I just couldn't take it. I didn't know what I was getting into and I turned it off. I feel pretty lame about it now. I should revisit this story sooner than later.
@jonosiascorfina9763
2 жыл бұрын
This was a great episode! I’ve never read “I Saw It” or “Barefoot Gen” but am definitely going to fix that ASAP.
@Zentheninja
2 жыл бұрын
This is really inspiring makes me want to get to work.
@tomteacher5885
2 жыл бұрын
Oh man, I didn't know this existed; I have always said that everyone in the whole world should visit the war memorial in Hiroshima. Everyone should read this book.
@metalheadbob
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@thedottinator4383
10 ай бұрын
The author died from lung cancer in 2012.
@coreymason9359
2 жыл бұрын
Cool, episode.
@normandleduc5195
2 жыл бұрын
is red room done ed...or was that just volume 1...
@CartoonistKayfabe
2 жыл бұрын
Just vol. 1. Red Room: Trigger Warnings issue 1 hits the stands in December.
@normandleduc5195
2 жыл бұрын
@@CartoonistKayfabe perfect was alittle bumed up when i didnt see a next issue cover
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