Painter, graphic artist, cartoonist, art critic He was born on 7 June, 1883 in Kharkov. From 1898 to 1907 he studied at the Art and Industrial College named after. Stroganov. In 1905, he interrupted his studies at the college and went to Paris, where he worked in the studio of E. Carriere until 1906, and […]
Okamoto Noboru
Mangaka, writer. Alias – Shirato Sanpei He is known for his social criticism, as well as the realism of his drawing style and the characters in his scripts. He was considered a pioneer of the ambiguous genre of gekiga-manga for adults, on more acute social and provocation topics. The son of the Japanese proletarian artist […]
Fujio Fujiko
Mangaka, cartoonist, animator The pseudonym of the author’s duo mangak Hiroshi Fujimoto (1933-1996) and Motoo Abiko (1934-2022). They teamed up in 1951 and used the pseudonym “Fujiko Fujio” from 1954 until the duo’s breakup in 1987. Initially, they worked in the same style, and both wrote the script and drew at the same time, but […]