“Today’s Mike du Jour is dedicated to my long time friend and collaborator J.J. Sedelmaier who once told me he could not look at another manga portfolio. I share his distaste. In fact it makes my eyes bulge and take on unrealistic highlights…” Yeah, well… it’s now been over a decade since I said that and I’ve accepted the fact that manga/anime ain’t goin’ away, in fact, it’s now a big part of our popular culture and has its own thread throughout. I STILL don’t like seeing student portfolios that feel as though there’s no thought put into the graphic design vocabulary that’s being presented, but I can NOW see that a manga/anime influence can also work. I think the style has had enough time to circulate and become reinterpreted so it’s now become an influence for good instead of evil… xoxoJJ
Ratbrat over 6 years ago
Go for the hat trick; live for manga while living in parents’ basement while sporting a man bun.
J.J.Sedelmaier over 6 years ago
“Today’s Mike du Jour is dedicated to my long time friend and collaborator J.J. Sedelmaier who once told me he could not look at another manga portfolio. I share his distaste. In fact it makes my eyes bulge and take on unrealistic highlights…” Yeah, well… it’s now been over a decade since I said that and I’ve accepted the fact that manga/anime ain’t goin’ away, in fact, it’s now a big part of our popular culture and has its own thread throughout. I STILL don’t like seeing student portfolios that feel as though there’s no thought put into the graphic design vocabulary that’s being presented, but I can NOW see that a manga/anime influence can also work. I think the style has had enough time to circulate and become reinterpreted so it’s now become an influence for good instead of evil… xoxoJJ
Linguist over 6 years ago
I obviously don’t live for manga. I had to Google it !
BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 6 years ago
Thought it was the #neverTrump crowd that lived in Mom’s basements?