The Blog of Weigy. » Artists http://blog.weigy.com Visual Conversations Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:20:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Osamu Tezuka’s Black Jack http://blog.weigy.com/2010/07/blackjack/ http://blog.weigy.com/2010/07/blackjack/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:00:08 +0000 Weigy http://blog.weigy.com/?p=2566

There are few that can lay claim to have the scope or range of Tezuka. Much less, be validated of their claims.

During his prolific run, he produced a…

]]> http://blog.weigy.com/2010/07/blackjack/feed/ 5 Happy Birthday Astro Boy / Tetsuwan Atom http://blog.weigy.com/2010/04/happy-birthday-astro-boy-tetsuwan-atom/ http://blog.weigy.com/2010/04/happy-birthday-astro-boy-tetsuwan-atom/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:52:10 +0000 Weigy http://blog.weigy.com/?p=2260 Happy Birthday Tetsuwan AtomOn April 7th 1951, Dr Tenma created a robot in the image of his deceased son, Tobio. The robot was named Tetsuwan Atom and would later be known to more as Astro Boy.

My very first…

]]> http://blog.weigy.com/2010/04/happy-birthday-astro-boy-tetsuwan-atom/feed/ 2 Sketching with Mr. Yutaka Minowa & Mr. Yasuhiro Nightow ~ ありがとう Mr. 箕輪 & Mr. 内藤 !! http://blog.weigy.com/2009/07/minowa-naito-weigy/ http://blog.weigy.com/2009/07/minowa-naito-weigy/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:53:59 +0000 Weigy http://blog.weigy.com/?p=830 Hanging out with legends

Today’s the last day of Comic Con 2009 and I came up to Mr. Minowa to say thanks for his time the other day and to wish him farewell. That means I got to…

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Today I got to chat with an amazing artist and to boot, 1 of the designers for a Revoltech line, called Assemble Borg which my friends and I absolutely love. His name is Mr. Yutaka Minowa…

]]> http://blog.weigy.com/2009/07/chatting-with-yutaka-minowa/feed/ 1 Hayao Miyazaki’s “Ponyo On The Cliff” (2008); An Early Screening Review http://blog.weigy.com/2009/07/ponyo-on-the-cliff/ http://blog.weigy.com/2009/07/ponyo-on-the-cliff/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:29:07 +0000 Weigy http://blog.weigy.com/?p=793 Miyazaki in the earlier panel; the afternoon.As if being able to meet Miyazaki isn’t enough, we all got invited to a free screening of Ponyo On The Cliff. The only catch being that you do have to rush there and wait in…

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This friday I met Hayao Miyazaki, 1 of the most influential and beloved artist I’ve ever looked up to. We were waiting at the side of the stage and this man in a white blazer…

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