An interesting comic from Japan

February 18, 2010 2:19 PM

An interesting comic from Japan. Link to single image, NSFW.
posted by vostok (28 comments total)

o.O
posted by zarq at 2:23 PM on February 18, 2010

Not safe for work? That's not safe for anything.
posted by tapeguy at 2:26 PM on February 18, 2010

Wow. Japanese Bill Plympton has lost his mind.
posted by jbickers at 2:28 PM on February 18, 2010 [1 favorite]

The artist is Shintaro Kago.
posted by churl at 2:28 PM on February 18, 2010 [2 favorites]

You weren't kidding. I like the concept at first but then it becomes unnecessarily explicit. I'd like to see the same thing done without the, um, pruriency.
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 2:28 PM on February 18, 2010

From his Wikipedia page:

"Kago likes to describe his works as "Shit"."
posted by jbickers at 2:29 PM on February 18, 2010 [3 favorites]

this was linked up on the blue a while ago with more supporting info. The post was about horror comics in Japan. and one where these people shaped tunnels are discovered in the ground that compels people to start walking into them, screaming because they get smaller, and can't back out.

If anyone knows of this post, put it up, my finding skills are not on.
posted by joelf at 2:30 PM on February 18, 2010

it is here!
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 2:30 PM on February 18, 2010

Let me just take this opportunity to say this here, since I can't say it in the original thread: Holy Fuck.
posted by greekphilosophy at 2:33 PM on February 18, 2010

I think this double post should be left here just to add further confusion and disorientation.
posted by cashman at 2:34 PM on February 18, 2010

This is exactly why you shouldn't have sex while on a salvia/DMT bender.

Or, depending on your outlook on life, exactly why you should.
posted by naju at 2:35 PM on February 18, 2010

"An interesting comic," "Japan," "NSFW."

Oh, no, not falling for that twice. Nice try.
posted by codswallop at 2:36 PM on February 18, 2010 [5 favorites]

Reminds me of this horrible thing
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 2:36 PM on February 18, 2010 [2 favorites]

I'd been trying to remember this guy's name for ages. Thanks for reminding me.
posted by fungible at 2:38 PM on February 18, 2010

You might also want to warn the people who are cranky from sleep deprivation in the other thread that viewing this will only exacerbate their problem.
posted by Davenhill at 2:38 PM on February 18, 2010

Reminds me of this horrible thing

Wasn't so horrible for everyone.
posted by Uppity Pigeon #2 at 2:39 PM on February 18, 2010 [4 favorites]

this horrible thing is the one about the tunnels i was talking about.
posted by joelf at 2:40 PM on February 18, 2010

ARRRGH MY SENSE OF REALITY DESTROYED
posted by roger ackroyd at 2:45 PM on February 18, 2010

God bless you, Shintaro Kago. God bless you straight to Hell.
posted by Sticherbeast at 2:51 PM on February 18, 2010

Reminds me of this horrible thing

DRR...DRR...DRR...
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 2:52 PM on February 18, 2010

I now know of Ero Guro Nansensu (NSFW?*), commonly shortened to Ero guro. From wikipedia:

Ero guro puts its focus on eroticism, sexual corruption and decadence. This movement is often used incorrectly by western audiences to mean "gore"—depictions of horror, blood, and guts. In actuality the "grotesque" term implies malformed, unnatural or horrific. While ero guro is a specific movement, many of its components can be found throughout Japanese history and culture. Items that are pornographic and bloody are not necessarily ero guro.

* NSFW if you find poorly drawn (and more confusing than erotic) insect/human sex not safe for work.

The up side to all this? I learned about Javan Leaf-Insect - Phyllium bioculatum, thanks to verifying that "Entomolonooky" meant what I thought it meant.
posted by filthy light thief at 2:52 PM on February 18, 2010

Ta-dan!
posted by emelenjr at 2:53 PM on February 18, 2010

Doing to the human body what the comic frame does to the field of perception, translating the page to a 3d space - the conventions of the form mix in with the content, in a way that reminds me of the Newgarden piece Love's Savage Fury.
posted by idiopath at 2:54 PM on February 18, 2010

Why did I click on that.



....


Why did someone draw that?!
posted by Atreides at 2:54 PM on February 18, 2010

Just...why? Seriously somebody tell me why.
posted by deacon_blues at 2:55 PM on February 18, 2010

Does MarshallPoe know about this?
posted by william_boot at 2:55 PM on February 18, 2010 [1 favorite]

I've been out-why'd!
posted by deacon_blues at 2:55 PM on February 18, 2010

Damn manga and their backwards panels.
posted by Benjy at 2:56 PM on February 18, 2010