Been on a bit of a Manga kick lately. It’s provides a lot of inspiring fodder while I’m working on Ojingogo. I love all varieties of shading, zip-a-tone, and hatching – beautiful stuff. Then you hear about how these guys are knocking out eight pages a day, working seven days a week. Terrifying stuff.
I digress. Monster is fantastic. I first heard about it while listening to an interview with Josh Olson on the Creative Screenwriting Podcast. Olson adapted A History of Violence. Now he’s adapting Monster and set to direct also. He raved about what a great story it was and how passionate he is about the project.
I’ve only read the first volume – but it’s great stuff. A fun thriller – very cinematic, like all the best manga – it should be a breeze for Olson to adapt.
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I’m most of the way through Death Note, which is awesome, but I’ll start Monster next. Kalman has all of this stuff right beside me, so I’m a bit spoiled.
And I’ve been a big fan of the Creative Screenwriting podcast for a while now. I’d recommend Alex Epstein’s blog ‘Complications Ensue’ for more writing inspiration. http://complicationsensue.blogspot.com/
-karl
cool – i’ll check out deathnote next.
i made a mistake reading 20th century boys (which is impossible to top) before monster, but still loved every book. read them all in a week or so. saw a video interview with urasawa recently, quite a normal guy =)
death note is also fantastic read, just finished book 6.