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PostPosted: Nov 07, 2003 6:38 pm    Post subject: New Kabuki in January! Reply with quote

Just a reminder that the new Kabuki series starts in January and is in the current catalogue.

If you want it, please ask your retailer to order it ahead of time.

New story, new start, good jumping on point.

Thanks,
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PostPosted: Nov 07, 2003 6:40 pm    Post subject: Re: New Kabuki in January! Reply with quote

Sweetness. Fresh Kabuki goodness!
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PostPosted: Nov 07, 2003 6:46 pm    Post subject: Re: New Kabuki in January! Reply with quote

Already preordered it!


Way to make the cover of Previews!
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PostPosted: Nov 07, 2003 7:09 pm    Post subject: Re: New Kabuki in January! Reply with quote

I just started re-reading from the beginning to gear up!
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PostPosted: Nov 07, 2003 9:30 pm    Post subject: Re: New Kabuki in January! Reply with quote

hmmm. ive dropped batman since hush ended so ive been lookin for another title to round out my budget. how much of a jumpon point is the new series? will it be all new characters or will i have to dig up back issues to REALLY appreciate the new series? I have money! Sell! Sell! Sell!
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PostPosted: Nov 07, 2003 10:38 pm    Post subject: Re: New Kabuki in January! Reply with quote

I'm a latecomer to the Kabuki series, I only started after all five volumes were in trade paperback but I loved the series so much I hunted down the hardcovers. I don't know what it's like reading Kabuki in monthly (or bimonthly) form, but I'm psyched to find out!
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PostPosted: Nov 07, 2003 10:53 pm    Post subject: Re: New Kabuki in January! Reply with quote

Never tried Kabuki (sad...but true).
Love your work on DD (the former run and the latest)...anyone care to give me a synopis on what the series is about?

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PostPosted: Nov 08, 2003 11:08 am    Post subject: Re: New Kabuki in January! Reply with quote

Thanks for the feedback folks.

Tip, glad you like my DD stuff. In all honesty I'd have to say that the Kabuki stuff is a better example of my work. Meaning that if you like my approach in DD, I think you will like Kabuki more.

I think KABUKI: Metamorphosis is my favorite collection. It probably represents my most evolved work as an artist and writer. Mostly it is about the nature of identity and the meaning of life. But the story is told through the theatrical structure of the Japanese Ghost Story (a popular subject of the Japanese Kabuki plays).

Metamorphosis is the fifth volume, but each collection is designed to exist as its own story while still building on and fitting into all of the other stories. So far I have six collected volumes in hardcover and softcover. Each represents a different era in the character's life and a different facet of the world of the story. So each one is done in a different art style and storytelling structure. Together the stories are chronicling the biography of the character and you can see the change and growth in the characters as they evolve (you also see the evolution of myself as the story sort of documents close to ten years of my work in comics).

So if you like that kind of long term Cerebus Biography where you get to see the creator finding himself in the process, you may get a kick out of it.

Same with the new series. You can read it on it's own, but like any of the other books that can be read on their own, you will hopefully like it so much that you will want to read everything else in order.

The complete list is this:

Vol 1 KABUKI Circle of Blood
Vol 2 KABUKI Dreams
Vol 3 KABUKI Masks of the Noh
Vol 4 KABUKI Skin Dee[
Vol 5 KABUKI Metamorphosis
Vol 5 KABUKI Scarab

Meta is my favorite. I think Meta, Skin Deep and Circle of Blood are the most important 3 to give you a well rounded scope of it in order to fully appreciate the contrast of the new story. But all of them are fun pieces of the puzzle.

If you get a chance to check it out, let me know what you think. When people buy it from me at cons, I guarantee that they will enjoy it and want to buy the complete set, or that I will buy it back from them if it is not thier cup of tea. No returns yet, but I don't know if your comic store will give you the same deal.

You can go to davidmack.net for more info on each book and all kinds of other Kabuki info. Also NohTV.com

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PostPosted: Nov 08, 2003 11:14 am    Post subject: Re: New Kabuki in January! Reply with quote

Alright gang, I'll be honest. I've seen Kabuki in Wizard and one posters here and there, but never paid much stock to it.

Now I'm starting to wonder what it's like. Could anyway maybe give me a brief run down, maybe compare it to other titles I may be familiar with, and perhaps suggest a good place to jump on?

No trades though. Fuck trades. I hate trades!
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PostPosted: Nov 08, 2003 11:17 am    Post subject: Re: New Kabuki in January! Reply with quote

DeluxeVoltron,
Though I addressed Tip in my above response, that was also meant to answer your question as well. Meaning: The new series is a clean start in a new direction of the character and is a self contained story. So you can start there.....BUT...... It is really going to be much more enjoyable if you have read the other stuff.

If you are only willing to try one trade, get Metamorphosis. If only willing to start with two, get Circle of Blood and Metamorphoiss. If 3 get COB, Meta, and Skin Deep. But if your budget allows, start from the begining and read all 6 volumes for a real journed. You can compress my last ten years of hard work into a weekend worth of reading.

Asbel,
Thanks for reading all the Kabuki stories. How was your experience reading it all at once?

Thanks friends,
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PostPosted: Nov 08, 2003 11:27 am    Post subject: Re: New Kabuki in January! Reply with quote

Mike,
I'm looking forward to hearing how others compare the book for you. I don't know if most stores are going to stock a complete selection of the original issue for you. You can e-mail my girlfriend Anh at nohgirl@yahoo.com in case you want to aquire them thru mail order. She does tons of online and mail order for the books in collections AND in orginal formate. We have a complete selection of the original issues and the prices are almost all at cover price (thru her, the back issue prices elsewhere can be challenging).

Check out davidmack.net for more info and a list of books that can be ordered.

If you want a bunch of stuff, she can probably give you a deal or something. And if you reminde her she'll have me sign everything at no charge.

This goes for anyone on this board.

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PostPosted: Nov 08, 2003 11:59 am    Post subject: Re: New Kabuki in January! Reply with quote

Hey man, thanks a lot. Yeah, I like the artwork, and the little I know sounds pretty interesting, so hopefully someone will help spark my interest and I can check out some stuff.

As for signing stuff, wow, that's great. Being in Australia, it makes it tough to get stuff signed, and I don't really like buying stuff off of ebay or anywhere, because it seems kinda cheap to sell someone's name like that...

Anyway - if anyone could pimp it to me, shoot.
I imagine it will be difficult to compare it to anything, because from what I hear, it's not really a typical story - but if anyone could try, I'd 'preciate it.

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PostPosted: Nov 08, 2003 6:04 pm    Post subject: Re: New Kabuki in January! Reply with quote

MACK! wrote:
Asbel,
Thanks for reading all the Kabuki stories. How was your experience reading it all at once?


This is gonna sound all sappy, but it's true; Reading the Kabuki collections all at once was like reading nothing else I've ever read. About halfway through each volume you (by "you" I mean me) start to realize the levels on which you're understanding the story (through the art, the layout, the words, the meanings, the symbolism, the referential images) and it just blows my mind. It's impossible to flip back through the book and achieve that same feeling, you have to read it again, you have to experience it again.
Someone above asked if anyone could compare Kabuki to another series they might know, and I'm sorry to say that I can't. It just doesn't behave like other series in the mind of the reader. It's a different experience, and entirely a good one.

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PostPosted: Nov 08, 2003 6:12 pm    Post subject: Re: New Kabuki in January! Reply with quote

Asbel wrote:
Someone above asked if anyone could compare Kabuki to another series they might know, and I'm sorry to say that I can't. It just doesn't behave like other series in the mind of the reader. It's a different experience, and entirely a good one.


Well, someone, is thinking about maybe just grabbing the first volume [depending on prices], and taking a chance on it.
I guess it's worth it, if I like it. If I don't like it however... oooh boy!

I dropped Ms. Anh a line, so hopefully she'll get back to me soon.

Thanks for the info Asbel!
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PostPosted: Nov 08, 2003 6:28 pm    Post subject: Re: New Kabuki in January! Reply with quote

I wanted to read kabuki because of Mack's 1st Echo run. So i ordered all the trades from Anh. I ordered Softcovers of all the Black and white penciled stuff and hardcovers of all the Mack art. Mack also signed every collection and included some free stuff. I liked the series so much that I went out and bought all the Hardcovers. Its a great series and you should definitely check it out. If you like the art in Echo you should look through the kabuki trades and see the art in those.
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