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Tuesday 1 July 2014
March 1990 Pt.5b Manga
What's
Michael?. Written and illustrated
by Makoto Kobayashi. published by Eclipse Books (Eclipse
International) with translation by Dana Lewis & Toren Smith of
Studio Proteus,
Sold as a single issue Graphic
Album (about 110 pages), March
1990 . Originally serialized in Comic Morning
Magazine and published by Kodansha Ltd. From 1985 to 1990 (Nine
Volumes were published over this time.
“ The cat comic that
exploded onto the bestseller lists in Japan is now available in
America”
AWHAT'S
MICHAEL? Is a collection short stories
set in a multiverse about Michael
the cat, and his interactions with food providers\owners as well as
in an anthropomorphic Cat Vs Dogs world.
Toren
Smith of Studio Proteus,
said “it's a very funny comic.”
“WHAT'S
MICHAEL? Explores the foilbies and follies of cat-fanciers, and cats,
from every walk of life.!”
Toren
Smith was asked by Eclipse International to try and get the rights
WHAT'S
MICHAEL? From Kodansha Ltd. he very sceptical as they where a huge
company and that they already had a relationship with a major
American Comic-book publisher, Marvel. But they turned out to be very
approachable and professional.
[Note: on the
inside page of the Album there is printed “Special thanks to
Kodansha liaison Yuda Ando.”]
At
the time it was a big gamble for Eclipse and Studio Proteus to sell
though a chain of book stores in the USA a funny comic-book about a
cat, when one of those book store chains only bought 50 copies
initially, then only a few months later ordered 500! So volume was
also in the running, and all before these cute cats on the internet
too!
[Note:
The above information about Studio Proteus involvement was gleaned
from an Interview published in Issue 22 of 'The Rose' July 1990,
Anime Hasshin's club-zine – Lorraine Savage interviewed Toren
Smith.]
[Note:
it took some considerable time to pinpoint the month of this album's
printing.]
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