The Tipping Point #1

by Naoki Urasawa, Enki Bilal (Artist), John Cassaday, Emmanuel Lepage, Taiyo Matsumoto

Overview

Some of the world’s greatest creators have each written and drawn an original story that explores the key moment when a clear-cut split occurs, a mutation, a personal revolt or a large-scale revolution that tips us from one world into another, from one life to an entirely new one: The Tipping Point. From slice-of-life tales and science-fiction adventures, to amusing asides and fantastical fables, witness these major (and minor) changes and evolution through the eyes of these visionaries from the worlds of manga, bande dessinée, and comics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594657023
Publisher:	Humanoids, Inc.
Publication date:	01/13/2016
Sold by:	HUMANOIDS INC - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
File size:	20 MB
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Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Enki Bilal is French-Yugoslavian comic book writer and artist, best known for The Carnival of Immortals, whose success would result in two sequels, The Woman Trap in 1986 and Equator Cold in 1993. He also wrote and drew The Monster's Tetralogy in 1998. Working primarily as a graphic artist and illustrator, Bilal has also directed three movies, Bunker Palace Hotel in 1989, Tykho Moon in 1997, and Immortal in 2004, the latter based on his earlier Nikopol Trilogy. Bilal was named Officier des Arts et des Lettres in 2003, and was invested with a knighthood in the Ordre National du Mérite in 2010. An asteroid was named after him in 2006.
Naoki Urasawa is a critically acclaimed manga artist who is noted for his psychological storytelling and detailed artwork. After receiving the Shogakukan award for New Comic Artist in 1982, he made his professional debut in 1984 with Beta!! Two of his most famous works include for the series 20th Century Boys and Monster between 1995-2001. He is also the host of Japanese documentary series Manben, where he and a crew film a manga artist’s workspace.
John Cassaday began his professional career with Negative Burn. It wasn’t until he showed his portfolio to Mark Waid at San Diego Comic Con that he began receiving job offers from Dark Horse, DC, and Marvel. He eventually collaborated with Joss Whedon on "Astonishing X-Men" which led to more work and even directing an episode of Whedon’s television show, "Dollhouse." Most recently he helped relaunch the successful "Star Wars" comic franchise alongside Jason Aaron for Marvel Comics.
French artist Emmanuel Lepage learned the finer points of the comic book profession from Jean-Claude Fournier. His first illustrations appeared in Ouest-France in 1983, later that year self-publishing the book La Fin du Monde aura-t-elle Lieu? He created La Terre Sans Mal with Anne Sibran in 1999; his watercolor illustrations earned him several awards and the recognition of both critics and readers. An avid traveler, he chronicled his travels in the nonfiction comics Voyage aux îles de la Désolation in 2011 and Un printemps à Tchernobyl in 2012.
Although Taiyo Matsumoto initially dreamed of being a professional soccer player, he eventually chose to pursue the arts. He gained his first success through a Comic Open contest. His love for sports influenced the subject matter of many of his comics, such as his manga Ping Pong, which was adapted to a 2002 live-action film and a 2014 anime series. He is also known for his Tekkonkinkurito trilogy which began in 1993, and was later adapted to a play for the theater.
Atsushi Kaneko is a popular manga artist and author, known for Soil, serialized in the monthly Comic Beam, and Bambi and Her Pink Gun, published in book collections. He has also drawn many other stories in the science fiction and horror genres, most of them serialized in anthologies like The Tipping Point. Soil has been adapted into a Japanese television drama series.
Eddie Campbell was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but now lives in Australia. He began his career in the alternative comix scene of the 1970s and 1980s. He wrote Lucifer, illustrated by Phill Elliot and Paul Grist, as well as Hellblazer drawn by Sean Phillips at DC/Vertigo. He is most known for drawing From Hell, written by Alan Moore, which speculated about the identity of Jack the Ripper. It won the Ignatz Award for "Outstanding Graphic Novel Or Collection" at the Small Press Expo 2000 and the Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album (Reprint), and was adapted into a movie in 2001.