Comments on: Barefoot Gen (Keiji Nakazawa) http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/08/06/barefoot-gen-keiji-nakazawa/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:34:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Charley Parker http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/08/06/barefoot-gen-keiji-nakazawa/comment-page-1/#comment-827692 Charley Parker Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:39:48 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/08/06/barefoot-gen-keiji-nakazawa/#comment-827692 By that, I simply mean that most people think a "nuclear war" is something that hasn't happened yet. The phrase is associated with the image of two nuclear superpowers waging an all out nuclear missile attack, resulting in the "post-apocalyptic" wastelands of science fiction movies and games; when, in fact, "nuclear war", by definition, is a war in which nuclear weapons are used, i.e. WWII. By that, I simply mean that most people think a “nuclear war” is something that hasn’t happened yet. The phrase is associated with the image of two nuclear superpowers waging an all out nuclear missile attack, resulting in the “post-apocalyptic” wastelands of science fiction movies and games; when, in fact, “nuclear war”, by definition, is a war in which nuclear weapons are used, i.e. WWII.

]]> By: Me http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/08/06/barefoot-gen-keiji-nakazawa/comment-page-1/#comment-827550 Me Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:09:38 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/08/06/barefoot-gen-keiji-nakazawa/#comment-827550 I was just wondering, since when was the horror of nuclear war popularly considered simply a thing of science fiction? I was just wondering, since when was the horror of nuclear war popularly considered simply a thing of science fiction?

]]> By: Charley Parker http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/08/06/barefoot-gen-keiji-nakazawa/comment-page-1/#comment-763825 Charley Parker Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:55:11 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/08/06/barefoot-gen-keiji-nakazawa/#comment-763825 It must be striking to have any kind of personal connection to the event. Thanks for sharing your point of reference. It must be striking to have any kind of personal connection to the event. Thanks for sharing your point of reference.

]]> By: john ramirez http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/08/06/barefoot-gen-keiji-nakazawa/comment-page-1/#comment-763479 john ramirez Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:57:12 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/08/06/barefoot-gen-keiji-nakazawa/#comment-763479 I read this one summer years ago while I was staying with a host family in Kyoto. I picked up the first book in the series and I couldn't put it down. I went thru all 4 or 5 books during my stay...It was mind-blowing. Even more so since my host father was a kid and saw the explosion of the bomb when Hiroshima was hit. Luckily for him and his family the wind was blowing the other direction that day. They were in the countryside and headed for the hills. It made the story more poignant for me. I read this one summer years ago while I was staying with a host family in Kyoto. I picked up the first book in the series and I couldn’t put it down. I went thru all 4 or 5 books during my stay…It was mind-blowing. Even more so since my host father was a kid and saw the explosion of the bomb when Hiroshima was hit. Luckily for him and his family the wind was blowing the other direction that day. They were in the countryside and headed for the hills. It made the story more poignant for me.

]]> By: Charley Parker http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/08/06/barefoot-gen-keiji-nakazawa/comment-page-1/#comment-555770 Charley Parker Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:30:51 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/08/06/barefoot-gen-keiji-nakazawa/#comment-555770 Thanks, Emily. I am planning a post on Spiegelman and <em>Maus</em>, but it may take a while to put together the various resources and references to his varied contributions to comics over the years. Thanks, Emily. I am planning a post on Spiegelman and Maus, but it may take a while to put together the various resources and references to his varied contributions to comics over the years.

]]> By: Emily http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/08/06/barefoot-gen-keiji-nakazawa/comment-page-1/#comment-555749 Emily Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:02:17 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/08/06/barefoot-gen-keiji-nakazawa/#comment-555749 Please review "Maus" soon! I'm going to teach it to my sophmores in the spring and I would love to teach them about the art as well as the story and history of comics. Please review “Maus” soon! I’m going to teach it to my sophmores in the spring and I would love to teach them about the art as well as the story and history of comics.

]]> By: Charley Parker http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/08/06/barefoot-gen-keiji-nakazawa/comment-page-1/#comment-111998 Charley Parker Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:03:28 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/08/06/barefoot-gen-keiji-nakazawa/#comment-111998 I wasn't aware of it. Thanks. I wasn’t aware of it. Thanks.

]]> By: vivien http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/08/06/barefoot-gen-keiji-nakazawa/comment-page-1/#comment-111890 vivien Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:55:07 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2007/08/06/barefoot-gen-keiji-nakazawa/#comment-111890 Do you know When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs? it's brilliant and horrific, also about nuclear war. he also did the lighter Snowman, The Bear and the moving Ethel and Ernest about his parents. All done in coloured pencil. Do you know When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs? it’s brilliant and horrific, also about nuclear war.

he also did the lighter Snowman, The Bear and the moving Ethel and Ernest about his parents.

All done in coloured pencil.

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