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Sunday, February 21, 2021
#28DaysofBlack Review: ME AND THE DEVIL BLUES Book One
ME AND THE DEVIL BLUES: THE UNREAL LIFE OF ROBERT JOHNSON, BOOK ONE
DEL REY MANGA
CARTOONIST: Akira Hiramoto
TRANSLATION & ADAPTATION: David Ury
LETTERING: North Market Street Graphics
ISBN: 978-0-345-49926-4; paperback; (July 29, 2008); Rated “T Ages 16+”
544pp, B&W, $19.95 U.S.
Me and the Devil Blues is a seinen manga written and drawn by Akira Hiramoto. It is a fictional biography of legendary blues musician and singer-songwriter, Robert Johnson. It was first published in Japan in Kodansha's manga magazine, Monthly Afternoon, from 2003 to 2008, before going on hiatus. When Hiramoto resumed the series in 2015, it moved to Young Magazine the 3rd Magazine. Del Rey Manga published an English-language edition of the first four book collections of the series in two two-volumes-in-one paperback graphic novels.
[Since the publication of this book, Del Rey Manga ceased operations in 2010.]
Me and the Devil Blues mixes myths and legends and mythological and legendary figures. Likely because of the stories told by fellow blues legend, Son House, the story of Robert Johnson says that he made a deal with the devil to become an expert blues guitarist and singer, with the cost being his soul.
Me and the Devil Blues: The Unreal Life of Robert Johnson, Book One begins in 1929. It is set deep in the impoverished Mississippi Delta where a nigga’s life ain’t worth crap and lynching is a community event much like a church social. This is where we meet Hiramoto’s stand-in for Robert Johnson, RJ, a poor farmer who just doesn’t want to spend his life hoeing a field. Despite the protestations of his pregnant wife, the former Virginia Travis, her family, and his friends, RJ wants to learn to play the blues.
Fate brings him into contact with the popular traveling bluesman, Son House, and his partner, Willie Brown. House insists that understanding and playing the blues is about more than a guitar technique, but RJ ain’t hearing it. As far as RJ is concerned, all he needs is someone to show him how to make his fingers work guitar magic, so his stubbornness leads him to a fateful night at an abandoned church. [This tale co-stars Clyde Barrow.]
THE LOWDOWN: There’s some powerful mojo in Me and the Devil Blues manga. Akira Hiramoto’s manga sparkles with wild magic and sets the imagination afire. What drives this superb manga is not just the excellent contents of the word balloons (OK, dialogue), but the stunning visuals, which Hiramoto composes using a variety of styles, techniques, and media.
Me and the Devil Blues: The Unreal Life of Robert Johnson, Book One is the story of an individual African-American. However, it tells the story of the struggles of Jim Crow-era black people in a way that has rarely been told in such passionate and astonishing pictures outside of cinema and fine art. I would say this manga belongs with the few great comics about black people like Ho Che Anderson’s King, Kyle Baker’s Nat Turner, and Sue Coe’s X, which like Me and the Devil Blues are works by cartoonists or writer/artists.
Imagining a Japanese man drawing such beautiful and beautifully-human African-Americans in a story that captures the Black American experience with such authenticity seems unreal. It’s not that Hiramoto presents black people as a noble, oppressed people. It’s simply that he made me believe that these cartoons, these comic book characters really lived. They haunt me, yet I want to share the trials and tribulations of RJ and his people, as seen in this special work.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: People who read great comics will want to read Del Rey Manga's Me and the Devil Blues.
A+
10 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
The text is copyright © 2021 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog or site for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
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Thursday, February 18, 2021
#IReadsYou Review: GREY Chapter 4
GREY. CHAPTER 4
THE GREY ROOM
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: Kris Hornett
ART: Ardee Arollado
SPECIAL PROJECTS ART: Kenet Guevarra
EDITOR: Lisa Taylor
COVER: Nicholas Sen
28pp, B&W, $10.00 (November 2020)
Act 2. Chapter 4
Grey is an independent comic book series from writer Kris Hornett and artist Ardee Arollado. Published by The Grey Room, Grey is a hybrid, a combination of an American comic book format and Japanese manga. Grey is similar to what was once called “OEL manga” or “original English language” manga. These were American graphic novels in which the storytelling borrowed or mimicked the aesthetics and sensibilities of Japanese manga (comics).
Grey is set in the realm of Ketiyama (apparently an archipelago) and takes place some time after an event known as “the Sonoma Incident.” This outbreak of the lethal “Moon Virus” on Nacirema, one of Ketiyama's islands, led to chaos, destruction, and division. As a sign of good faith and as a last attempt to restore order, the ruling Board of Officials allowed the people to elect a team of highly trained tactical agents, known as “the Bureau,” to serve and protect them. Within the Bureau is an elite unit known as “Nimbus.” This team of five agents are sworn to maintain moral balance and to enforce the law. The agents of Nimbus are also able to manipulate their “prana” (“life energy”).
The agents of Nimbus are Samara Asuhara, Kouken Masimuto, Shuyin Hagamuri, Manu Yagyu, and Kale Schaefer. Belisia Asuhara is their handler and the creator of Nimbus.
Grey. Chapter 4. opens in a hospital as 13-year-old Asuka Yagyu faces questions, but she only wants to speak to one particular person. Meanwhile, Shuyin and August try to find normalcy in their lives, but Shuyin's mind and memories keep playing tricks on him. Elsewhere, Belisia, Kale, and Kouken, continue their deep dive into the past of Willow Marius in order to uncover her accomplices and to unravel the larger mystery that surrounds her.
THE LOWDOWN: Grey continues to prove how conceptually well-developed it is. From the beginning, readers discover that the world in which Grey is set has a complex history. As readers, we get to watch the authors build a world in front of us. The other exciting element is that Grey is full of mystery, so the readers can always enjoy the sense of discovery.
Grey Chapter 4 sees the characters trying to unravel the mystery that is Willow Marius, and I see her as something of a gift. Each time I read Grey, I want to know more about her, which I can also say about many of the characters in this series. Still, she is the beautiful enigma that is driving the unknown in this series – at least, so far.
Each issue, Kris Hornett takes time to give us a view of multiple characters. I think that makes readers curious about the other characters, and I know that it makes me want to read the next issue as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Ardee Arollado's art gets stronger; he brings more subtlety and delicacy to the characters' personalities. Now, Arollado's graphical storytelling engages the reader to give more consideration to the characters' motivations and goals; ignore nothing in this storytelling.
I heartily recommend Grey, and there is still time for you, dear readers, to get in on Grey's intriguing ground floor.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of manga-inspired comic books and of good science fiction comic books will want to read Grey.
[This comic book includes two pages of additional informative text pieces.]
8 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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