433 – Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey part 2

433 – Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey part 2

On this episode dakazu talks about Vanilla SpiderKimi to Picopico, and Futari Switch! Then we finish our Retrospective on Akiko Higashimura’s memoir about her beloved art teacher in Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey!!!

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Vanilla Spider

Vanilla Spider

A manga about a teenage boy with no presence who hunts alien creatures with a faucet pipe to protect the girl he’s stalking.

I’ve talked about Youichi Abe’s other manga Chimoguri Ringo to Kingyobachi Otoko before and this is another book with a similar concept of teenagers fighting against evil creatures with a mix of everyday items and gory monsters. 

I really enjoy the way Abe uses white lines against black clothing to create shadows in his artwork and the designs of his monsters are always creative and creepy looking. I’ll make sure to check out other manga by him in the future.

~dakazu