Today at ComicsAlliance, I’ve picked out a few of my entries from a gallery CA contributor David Brothers hipped me to featuring the truly awesome children’s book art of Gojin Ishihara!
Mostly it’s made up of genuinely terrifying pictures of monsters — seriously, I can just imagine being a kid reading that before bed and having mom or dad come in and be like “Yep, that’s the monster who lives in your ceiling! Even the cat could be a demon sent from hell! Remember you’re going to grandma’s after school tomorrow, goodnight!” — but there are other bits of genius in there as well, like the “Prehistoric Man” illustrations seen above.
There’s a link to the full gallery at CA, so do yourself a favor and check it out. It’s awesome!
If I’d read these stories as a kid, it would explain a lot.
Gorgeous and weird; reminds me of some of the production/poster art for the Daimajin movie series.
That Ogre — not only does his right hand fly off his wrist, but it turns into a LEFT hand!
Oh my god the pro wrestling ones are the best thing I’ve ever seen. Ever.
The most amazing things I’ve seen in a long time. Thank you!
Not only an exceptionally skilled artist, Ishihara was a true visionary as well — the above artwork clearly predicts the future issue of steroid use in pro baseball…
So… you’re saying that in the future, baseball players will not wear shirts, but instead have their team names velcroed to their exceptionally hairy chests?
Sweet.