Just having discovered Moresukine last week through screenhead.com, I feel a bit sad it's already over. I enjoyed reading those assignments and found the project most interesting. The art, of course, is top-notch - specially the layout and narrative flow. Guess you read a lot of Eisner, didn't you?
Thank you from everything. I never commented nor suggested anything, but your comics are wonderful, and I really love the feeling they leave lingering. It was a pleasure to follow Moresukine.
(By the way, I also had the problem with my friends page. Surprisingly, the last entry did show up on there...)
Sorry to see it end! I really enjoyed following your adventures every week. A brilliant, timely idea and beautifully executed--design, art, storytelling were all fantastic. And it sparked an interesting debate about web vs. print. :-) Thanks for sharing this with everyone.
If I may ask, do you have any future projects on the horizon?
Thank you for the stimulating discussions and this wonderful laudation.
Future projects. Well, I have these two neglected stepdaughters, "Ineinander" and "People Not Seen", and I will direct my attention towards those, I guess.
I'm not sure it would be all that interesting to continue the MORESUKINE concept from Berlin - but you're welcome to contradict me.
The thing is, in the long run it would be too exhausting to publish a weekly webcomic of this kind and still have a fulltime job besides. So I could only imagine the Kochalka way of "give me a dollar a month and I'll do webcomics until hell freezes over", and I'm afraid in this case I wouldn't have that many viewers anymore.
I thought the whole thing was very interesting and and entertaining read.
I find it funny that even though I've had this journal "friended" for some time, this is the first entry to actually appear on my livejournal friends page (I don't know why, some glitch or something). And of course, irony demands it be the last.
My God your still alive?? I thought the Fugu was the end of you...
I started following this about 2 months ago, and have enjoyed all the assignments you have done. I've always loved travelogues because they open your mind, and this one was no different. You have captured some of the essence of Japan in this work, not just the stereotypes. Hopefully people from all over the world, including Japan, will read this and open up to different cultures a little. I'm sorry to see this end. I don't want it to end... My next assignment for you (should you choose to accept it) is to go to Cambodia and report from there.
I really enjoyed reading your weekly missives from Japan; you captured the wonderful confusion of experiencing a different culture for the first time. Thank you for sharing it with us. It was sweet, and all too short.
Gee Whizzzz - tempus fugit... but what a pity! Once again for the last time: great stuff! It should be worth to yourself to publish in print, as you said in the interview: a comic is something you should be able to touch etc. And this "real" product - according to my inner eye - could be a very nice faksimile-kinda-thing.
But this question's answering can be waited for if you're back in Germany, huh? And at this point I wish you a very nice time on the countryside... see you in fall!
I'm sorry to see Moresukine come to an end too, but feel really lucky to have been along for the ride. It was wonderful! Good luck with whatever interesting assignment or idea comes next.
I've looked forward to each installment over the last couple of months and I've never been disappointed with the artwork or the narration. Wonderful job, and thanks so much for this beautiful and unique perspective on Tokyo culture. I hope you enjoy the rest of your time there!
Every week I've obsessively checked anticipating what assignment you were assigned to. I'm abit sad it finished now, I was hoping it'll be a longer project. Nevertheless, a great blog. Brought alot of enjoyment and fun =)
Thank Goodness you guys didn't tell me while I was still drawing! I mean, an obsessively anticipating readership that has never been disappointed before - what a nightmare!
Thank you so much for this great project you have completed. Every new assignment was so unique and so well documented. You should be very proud of your accomplishments!
such a pity, ive been following this blog from your first post (i cant remember how i found it); i wanted to say; i love your drawing style, and the way you document through image :)
this blog was amazing to follow, and it is terribly sad to see you go. thanks letting us share your experiences in japan, and thanks for letting us in on them in such a spectacular and unique way.
So, the definitely last MORESUKINE episode ever has just been uploaded at the equally charming and thoughtful daily strip Zwarwald (it's guest week over there).
Thank you so much for letting me know, and sorry for letting you wait!
Can you believe it, I'm still tangled up in MORESUKINE work. In October, there'll finally be a printed version of the blog. The catch is, it's entirely in German! It's going to be published by Reprodukt, which is about as good as it gets in Germany.
But there are talks about an English edition, and I'll let you know as soon as it's decided.
So right now, I'm cleaning all the scanned pages, strengthening the weaker cross hatchings, translating the whole thing into German (here's some funny German MORESUKINE preview pages) AND negotiating with various webcomic artists. There'll be a bonus section where I turn the tables and send out assignments to webcomic people around the world. Kochalka did one, and so did Ryan from Dinosaur Comics and even POKEY THE PENGUIN!
So I'm looking forward to that, and, um, to having new projects under way soon...
Oh and I just started a news blog at my home page where you can check for the latest stuff without having to wait for my reply. An English blog version will follow soon...
And definitely not least, there's a Wee Beastie release coming in October, so consider me double pregnant!
Vielen dank für das Lob! Ein interessanter Verlag, den ich wirklich nicht kannte... nur: Warum "Warum"?
For everybody else: If your French is better than mine, check out Monsieur Le Chien for a frequently updated, unique blend of nonchalant French BD album-style drawings with a contemporary webcomic structure.
(Monsieur Le Chien is currently working on his "guest mission" for the physical version of MORESUKINE.)
Hullo, David Malki! over at Wondermark pointed me over here and I've read it all the way through and think this is culturally informative and wonderful to look at.
I'd like to say a bit on print verses web. As far as broadly, yes, some people do take printed material as having more weight, because it's harder to convince a publisher to print your stuff than it is to pop something up on the web somewhere; meaning there is certain filters a work goes through that may incline you to be interested in a product (like how some people gravitate towards certain record label b/c the company sticks with a certain sound. ex. Matador, No Idea, Labrador, etc.) This can be nice b/c if I go to Last Gasp or Top Shelf, while I might not personally like everything they have, i know all of it's decent. On the other hand, being on the web can sometimes be better for passing along than publishers. A publisher might run a small batch and then that's it, where as on the web you get linked, tagged, digged, etc. Personally though, I like to pass comics I like along to other people to read b/c believe it or not some people still don't have regular internet access. A few other reasons I like print is because I sit in front of a computer all day for work and can get burning eyes, so I like to give my eyes a break. I can lose links to stuff I like and finally there is something about the physical contact and weight of having a book in your hand, maybe it just materialism rearing it head, but i's still not as easy to curl up with a web page as it is a book.
I just received my copy of Moresukine in the mail today, and I love it! Even though I can't understand a word of it! :P (well, I can sort of make a guess at some of the words that are a bit like Dutch...).
Anyway...congratulations again! It's wonderful to finally have a paper copy in my hot little paws, and I bet you must be very proud to see your work out there in the world :D
Any word on an English version? And how is your other work going?
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July 4 2006, 11:04:20 UTC 5 years ago
Backcover
Feel free to leave criticism, questions and commentary concerning the whole project in this section.July 4 2006, 12:57:47 UTC 5 years ago
Re: Backcover
Just having discovered Moresukine last week through screenhead.com, I feel a bit sad it's already over. I enjoyed reading those assignments and found the project most interesting. The art, of course, is top-notch - specially the layout and narrative flow. Guess you read a lot of Eisner, didn't you?5 years ago
Anonymous
4 years ago
4 years ago
July 4 2006, 12:29:03 UTC 5 years ago
(By the way, I also had the problem with my friends page. Surprisingly, the last entry did show up on there...)
Anonymous
July 4 2006, 12:58:04 UTC 5 years ago
Already?
You were just getting started!! Ah well, I enjoyed reading them.Good luck!
July 4 2006, 15:27:33 UTC 5 years ago
If I may ask, do you have any future projects on the horizon?
July 7 2006, 07:26:31 UTC 5 years ago
Future projects. Well, I have these two neglected stepdaughters, "Ineinander" and "People Not Seen", and I will direct my attention towards those, I guess.
I'm not sure it would be all that interesting to continue the MORESUKINE concept from Berlin - but you're welcome to contradict me.
The thing is, in the long run it would be too exhausting to publish a weekly webcomic of this kind and still have a fulltime job besides. So I could only imagine the Kochalka way of "give me a dollar a month and I'll do webcomics until hell freezes over", and I'm afraid in this case I wouldn't have that many viewers anymore.
5 years ago
July 4 2006, 17:17:59 UTC 5 years ago
July 4 2006, 18:07:36 UTC 5 years ago
July 7 2006, 07:27:27 UTC 5 years ago
July 5 2006, 02:39:25 UTC 5 years ago
I find it funny that even though I've had this journal "friended" for some time, this is the first entry to actually appear on my livejournal friends page (I don't know why, some glitch or something). And of course, irony demands it be the last.
Kudos to you sir.
Anonymous
July 5 2006, 03:21:00 UTC 5 years ago
No Criticisms
Just wanted to say that I enjoyed this comic. Well done.Anonymous
July 5 2006, 06:53:18 UTC 5 years ago
I started following this about 2 months ago, and have enjoyed all the assignments you have done. I've always loved travelogues because they open your mind, and this one was no different. You have captured some of the essence of Japan in this work, not just the stereotypes. Hopefully people from all over the world, including Japan, will read this and open up to different cultures a little.
I'm sorry to see this end. I don't want it to end... My next assignment for you (should you choose to accept it) is to go to Cambodia and report from there.
Best of luck in the future.
July 7 2006, 07:34:30 UTC 5 years ago
Sorry there, I'm heading for Berlin at the end of September. I can't help but admit it's not half as fascinating as Cambodia...
Thanks for all the kind words.
Anonymous
July 5 2006, 08:06:06 UTC 5 years ago
FK
Anonymous
July 5 2006, 08:09:29 UTC 5 years ago
Your personal cheerleader's last comment
Gee Whizzzz - tempus fugit... but what a pity! Once again for the last time: great stuff! It should be worth to yourself to publish in print, as you said in the interview: a comic is something you should be able to touch etc. And this "real" product - according to my inner eye - could be a very nice faksimile-kinda-thing.But this question's answering can be waited for if you're back in Germany, huh? And at this point I wish you a very nice time on the countryside... see you in fall!
So long, grts t j,
gurkex
July 7 2006, 07:39:26 UTC 5 years ago
No but you're right, a facsimile-Moleskine publication could definitely be interesting.
Thanks for everything!
July 5 2006, 16:20:09 UTC 5 years ago
July 7 2006, 07:42:13 UTC 5 years ago
Greetings to the Netherlands!
July 5 2006, 21:18:51 UTC 5 years ago
Anonymous
July 6 2006, 15:08:34 UTC 5 years ago
it's been a great read
Every week I've obsessively checked anticipating what assignment you were assigned to. I'm abit sad it finished now, I was hoping it'll be a longer project. Nevertheless, a great blog. Brought alot of enjoyment and fun =)July 7 2006, 07:44:57 UTC 5 years ago
I mean, an obsessively anticipating readership that has never been disappointed before - what a nightmare!
But seriously: Thanks!
Anonymous
July 11 2006, 07:12:20 UTC 5 years ago
Thank you!
Thank you so much for this great project you have completed. Every new assignment was so unique and so well documented. You should be very proud of your accomplishments!Anonymous
July 11 2006, 23:56:17 UTC 5 years ago
...
you stopped?:(
such a pity, ive been following this blog from your first post (i cant remember how i found it); i wanted to say; i love your drawing style, and the way you document through image :)
- Gwen -
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Anonymous
July 16 2006, 18:09:53 UTC 5 years ago
sad to see you go...
this blog was amazing to follow, and it is terribly sad to see you go. thanks letting us share your experiences in japan, and thanks for letting us in on them in such a spectacular and unique way.August 17 2006, 07:31:02 UTC 5 years ago
UPDATE
So, the definitely last MORESUKINE episode ever has just been uploaded at the equally charming and thoughtful daily strip Zwarwald (it's guest week over there).You can find it here.
It's in full color, but a bit shorter than usual and - worst of all - completely in German! But give me a sign and I'll post an English translation.
Anonymous
August 18 2006, 02:22:11 UTC 5 years ago
Re: UPDATE
Really? That's great! How long will it last? Why did not you post it on MORESUKINE?Moleskiner.cn
5 years ago
Anonymous
August 30 2006, 06:15:06 UTC 5 years ago
felicidades!
this is one of the best blogs i ever found. im looking forward to the next chapter!!la maga.
Anonymous
February 16 2007, 16:15:21 UTC 5 years ago
Keep up the outstanding work and thank you
Thank you for your site. I have found here much usefulinformation...
February 18 2007, 13:00:22 UTC 5 years ago
Good to see that MORESUKINE is still useful, even after it's over for some time now.
April 11 2007, 19:51:27 UTC 5 years ago
Have you any new projects under way now?
May 11 2007, 10:19:30 UTC 5 years ago
Can you believe it, I'm still tangled up in MORESUKINE work. In October, there'll finally be a printed version of the blog. The catch is, it's entirely in German! It's going to be published by Reprodukt, which is about as good as it gets in Germany.
But there are talks about an English edition, and I'll let you know as soon as it's decided.
So right now, I'm cleaning all the scanned pages, strengthening the weaker cross hatchings, translating the whole thing into German (here's some funny German MORESUKINE preview pages) AND negotiating with various webcomic artists. There'll be a bonus section where I turn the tables and send out assignments to webcomic people around the world. Kochalka did one, and so did Ryan from Dinosaur Comics and even POKEY THE PENGUIN!
So I'm looking forward to that, and, um, to having new projects under way soon...
Oh and I just started a news blog at my home page where you can check for the latest stuff without having to wait for my reply. An English blog version will follow soon...
And definitely not least, there's a Wee Beastie release coming in October, so consider me double pregnant!
5 years ago
4 years ago
4 years ago
June 5 2007, 15:48:52 UTC 4 years ago
wunderschön
Ich kennte es nicht, mein freund Monsieur le Chien hat mir gesagt wie schön dein arbeit ist.vielleicht kennst du unst nichr, wir sind ein französiches comics verlag, WARUM ist es gennant
www.warum.fr
bis bald
June 20 2007, 15:03:33 UTC 4 years ago
For everybody else: If your French is better than mine, check out Monsieur Le Chien for a frequently updated, unique blend of nonchalant French BD album-style drawings with a contemporary webcomic structure.
(Monsieur Le Chien is currently working on his "guest mission" for the physical version of MORESUKINE.)
4 years ago
July 22 2007, 19:56:48 UTC 4 years ago
I'm headed to Japan myself in October... your entries give me hope.
July 25 2007, 12:57:41 UTC 4 years ago
Why hope? Could it be you don't realize what a lucky bastard you are...?!
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Anonymous
August 22 2007, 18:07:07 UTC 4 years ago
Commentating
Hullo,David Malki! over at Wondermark pointed me over here and I've read it all the way through and think this is culturally informative and wonderful to look at.
I'd like to say a bit on print verses web. As far as broadly, yes, some people do take printed material as having more weight, because it's harder to convince a publisher to print your stuff than it is to pop something up on the web somewhere; meaning there is certain filters a work goes through that may incline you to be interested in a product (like how some people gravitate towards certain record label b/c the company sticks with a certain sound. ex. Matador, No Idea, Labrador, etc.) This can be nice b/c if I go to Last Gasp or Top Shelf, while I might not personally like everything they have, i know all of it's decent.
On the other hand, being on the web can sometimes be better for passing along than publishers. A publisher might run a small batch and then that's it, where as on the web you get linked, tagged, digged, etc.
Personally though, I like to pass comics I like along to other people to read b/c believe it or not some people still don't have regular internet access. A few other reasons I like print is because I sit in front of a computer all day for work and can get burning eyes, so I like to give my eyes a break. I can lose links to stuff I like and finally there is something about the physical contact and weight of having a book in your hand, maybe it just materialism rearing it head, but i's still not as easy to curl up with a web page as it is a book.
February 15 2008, 21:50:41 UTC 4 years ago
Anyway...congratulations again! It's wonderful to finally have a paper copy in my hot little paws, and I bet you must be very proud to see your work out there in the world :D
Any word on an English version? And how is your other work going?
Camilla
:)