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Bat-Manga Ignites Online War Of Words Between Fans And Author [Bat-manga!]
io9 —
... equal consideration with toy photos, costumes, magazine covers, and other various ephemera. Chip Kidd, Geoff Spear, and Saul Ferris have opted to cover the phenomenon of Batman in Japan, with the comics being given the most weight in the collection. You can argue that the focus is different than you might prefer, but on the book’s own merits I think the consideration given to all parties is fair. As is the compensation, by all accounts. That's not to say that everyone agrees, however: Kidd's wrong. The selling point of this book, to this ...
Bat-Manga Kerfuffle
The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent. —
... looks like the first pebble of complaint about that book's lack of credit to Jiro Kuwata -- the writer and artist of the Japanese comics reprinted there, and so creator of 75% or more of the book. The actual controversy, though, seems to have been sparked by this post by Laura Hudson and not by me; I wasn't mentioned much in the ensuing pile-on and counter-attack. If anyone's interested, here are the relevant documents: Hipsterdad's LJ post, with a good overview Jog -- the Blog Leigh Walton (of Top Shelf) -- number ...
