Obata lectures in illustration and in this interview discusses the use of colour and the influence of French comic culture in his use of larger panels which forced him to create consistently complex scenes. Through the ritual of Noh drama, she comes to some realisations about love and loss. In Just So Happens by Fumio Obata (2014), Yumiko is a graphic novelist working in London UK, who returns to Japan after receiving some family news. Those lists have lengthened rather than shortened, but there’s been plenty of good reading along the way. Earlier this year, I resolved to take a closer look at the graphic novels and poetry collections accumulating on my library “saved lists” and my digital TBR “shelves”.
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