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withapencilinhand

For all Bartkira fans and creators:

I will be selling original Bartkira drawings at “Japan Touch” in Lyon, France 

Salon de l’Asie 2017

2nd and 3rd December 2017 Eurexpo - Lyon - France 

I am also calling out to those who participated with the project that are based in France or are French artists that would like to come to this wonderful event - and actually hang out with he dude who created the whole thing (me)!

I will also bring with me the actual sketchbook that contains the original drawings that started the whole thing - and will talk about how I created it.

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Ryan (withapencilinhand)

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duhragonball

So, two things.

1) It’s kind of weird how there isn’t a (legal) digital edition of Akira in the Year of Our Lord 2017, and yet the paradoy version Bartkira is nearly complete, so the easiest way to post noteworthy scenes from the original version is to grab images from the Simpsonized version.

2) Speaking as a scientist, Katsuhiro Otomo is kind of hitting me where I live. 

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The official Simpsons tie-in books used to have this tradition where all the books are dedicated to Lisa’s dead cat, Snowball, so we decided to continue that tradition in Bartkira. Of all the Snowball dedications we wrote, this one remains my favorite. 

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We just got reviewed in issue 3 of France’s ATOM Magazine- yes, a review of the whole project! This comes hot on the heels of our Paris show which got a lot of people talking over there. Meantime, we’re still putting the finishing touches on Volume 6, hoping to release at the end of this month. 

Here’s the review. I had a couple of friends help with with translating the text—thanks to Cyrielle Gulacsy and Aude Yukiko. 

Neo-Springfield, 38 years after the Third World War, 2030. Bart, Milhouse and others are racing through the streets on their bikes when they cross the path of a strange young boy who will lead them, after many adventures, in contact with a fabulous being with powers as immeasurable as they are dangerous. His name... is Ralph. 
Yes, Bartkira takes on almost shot-for-shot Katsuhiro Otomo’s visionary masterpiece, replacing all the characters with the heroes of the Simpsons, and giving total visual freedom to more of 500 artists who reproduced the six volumes of the original manga in their own way- while always respecting the work of the master. The result is a protean monster celebrating Otomo's vision in a large stylistic orgy that increases even the initial shock of the original manga by giving it a new level of depth (the relationships between Groening’s characters bringing a fresh light to the material). 
The quasi-gonzo succession of precise, raw, respectful or anarchist styles plunges the reader into a constant creative cataclysm, always on the brink of implosion, but always strengthened by its powerful singularity. While mash-up culture often comes down to the tricks of petty thieves who stand with cynical and postmodern posture, this time the experience gives birth to a meta-text of genuine substance that stands on its own while breathing new life into the universe from which it draws. No less.
#bartkira#atom#simpsons#akira#katsuhiro otomo
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oldfreakyfarm

I was invited to participate in BARTKIRA Volume 6! (Which is coming soon!) I illustrated page 96-100. All traditional ink, done at 11x17. I posted plenty of work in progress pictures on my patreon. It was a lot of work and a lot of fun, I’m REALLY HAPPY with how my pages turned out!!

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I’m going to blog about the final Bartkira show that just occurred in Paris pretty soon, but until then I just wanted to let you guys know you can read the whole of Army Man on armymans.tumblr.com. Army Man was a comedy zine created in the 80′s by George Meyer, who led the group rewrite sessions on The Simpsons. He’s credited with having shaped the comedic sensibility of the show, and many of the contributors to Army Man went on to become Simpsons writers. You can see the genesis of many of the comedic tropes we came to associate with The Simpsons in this zine- it’s hard not to read these skits in the voice of Kent Brockman, or Homer, or whichever characters fit the bill. There’s even a proto-Kodos (or Kang) in the page I shared above. The true starting point for The Simpsons isn’t the Tracy Ullman shorts or even Life In Hell- it’s this. Take a look. 

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Final Bartkira exhibition in Paris

So it’s just been announced on France’s biggest manga news site- this thing is coming to an end. “The final page of Bartkira project will be drawn live in Paris on July 12th.” Shortly after that, all 6 volumes are going to be available on Bartkira.com. 

That’s a pretty amazing hook, right? “The final page will be drawn live before your eyes”. I didn’t know that this was the angle until I read it on Catsuka.com- who decided that? We don’t know, but now we’re all scrambling to make this wild promise a reality!  At this point Bartkira is like Christianity- no-one’s exactly sure how it started but it feels like way too much effort to try and stop it. The only people who’re adamant that it must end immediately are, like Richard Dawkins, essentially correct but also dicks. Unlike Christianity, it IS about to come to a true and final end- next month, in fact! Here’s the address: "Bartkira Paris" (exhibition) 12 to 30 July 2017 Galerie Corraza 1787 12 bis rue de Montpensier 75001 Paris 11h-19h30 free admission Cool! While you’re waiting, check out the first five volumes of Bartkira on www.bartkira.com- you can read them all in sequence right now. It’s been a wild and crazy ride, folks. 

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