KABUKI~LUCY LIU~DAVID MACK~PITTARELLI~14x17 DRAWING

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KABUKIIf you've never heard of David Mack's award winning comic book, 's what you are missing: Kabuki is one of the eight assassins who are a special, government-backed secret society of masked and costumed female enforcers called the Noh. She and Scarab are the two main characters in the comic series. Kabuki is a beautiful yet tragic young woman codenamed for the scars on her face that spell the word "kabuki". Her real name is Ukiko. Although her last name is never revealed, it is possible that her full name would be Ukiko Kai. She carries out her missions while constantly struggling for her identity. Mack uses a myriad of art styles, not only with pencil, ink, and color, but with paint, magazine clippings, manga scans, and crayons. In Kabuki: The Alchemy especially, many of the pages are photos (or color scans) of collages, using a variety of materials; for example, the fingers of Japanese sandalwood fans become the borders of the comic panels. One technique he uses often is reusing the same artwork, the same scenes, to represent a characters' memories, or simply to shift scene back to something the reader has already seen. Imagery is very important and prominent in the series; Mack reuses the same images, often changing them slightly, and focusing on the emotional content of images and the power of memories. Original drawing read more

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