More Taiyo Matsumoto quotes from his TCAF talk via Deb Aoki
Some of the ones that stood out to me
I can't wait to read first volume of Sunny in two weeks.
Some of the ones that stood out to me
- "I feel Tekkon Kinkreet, ping pong, & Gogo monster are a trilogy - abt positive/negative, passive/active relationships"
- "No. 5 was influenced by the events of 9/11 - if not for that, it'd be a much lighter, more entertaining story."
- "I did No.5 w/o thinking too far ahead where I'd go with it. I wanted to just draw & decide along the way where it goes."
- "in JP, artists have close relationship w/ editors, but on downside, that strong influence can = not much variety"
- "when I was younger, I fought w/ my editors. I was just resisting. I wanted to do the opposite of what I was told"
- "now that I'm older, I realize editors are looking @ my work w/ fresh eyes. Now I really rely on my editors."
- "sunny is a story I've always wanted to do, but was afraid. I was afraid of the effect it'd have on ppl, incl. me"
- also interesting to hear abt his 20-year collaboration w/ his wife, an illustrator - "she draws better than I."
I can't wait to read first volume of Sunny in two weeks.