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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 741.5973 EAN: 9781584232476 ISBN: 1584232471 Label: Gingko Press Manufacturer: Gingko Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 128 Publication Date: November 25, 2006 Publisher: Gingko Press Studio: Gingko Press Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Both an epic 80-page graphic novel and a document of his vibrant drawings, collages and posters, Ninja is the first book by Fort Thunder co-founder and Lighting Bolt drummer Brian Chippendale. The graphic novel, a work 5 years in the making, takes readers through a fantastic landscape delineated in Chippendales dense pen and ink line-work and starring a Ninja hunted by the forces of evil. It functions as both a great fantasy story and a social allegory about an artists struggle with money, gentrification, and city politics. Nearly every massive comics page is drawn in a different elaborate style somewhere between Darger, Panter & illuminated manuscript. In between each chapter of the story is a related section of fine art: from bright, exuberant paintings to visionary drawings to the posters for which Chippendale is internationally recognized. Half art book, half graphic novel, this collection is a unique adventure in art and comics. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Amazing, Disturbing, Original StuffI've been following Brian Chippendale's musical career for several years now, and I'm a big fan of his work, especially with Mindflayer and his Black Pus projects. When I saw this book, I thought I'd check it out, and I'm glad I did. I wasn't sure what to expect, but he's really impressed me with the utter strangeness of Ninja. The first part of the book mixes dense, rather mysterious little stories of the title character with what appear to be Ninja cartoons he did around the 5th grade. It sounds ... Read More 
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