Episode 06: Pantrémon! Seiichi Hayashi - “Red Colored Elegy” - 1970
Stephanie Dueñas and Russell Shoemaker discuss Red Colored Elegy; a ground-breaking graphic novel that shook the manga world with its unusual illustrations and depictions of the everyday mundane and raw human emotion in 1960s-70s Japan. Probably inspired by his own life experience, Hayashi gives us a glimpse into the manga machine churning out content for the hungry masses.
Check out Red Colored Elegy on Drawn & Quarterly!
Our Art Pantry Quickie of the week is ‘cels’.
Our Art Assignment is to make your own sequential narrative in 2-4 panels on a single page.
In this episode, we discuss Hayashi’s lasting influence on 20th century manga. Topics include: faceless rejection, Hayao Miyazaki, the birth of Astro boy, manga, and anime. The summer wind, lamentations of aging hands, and of course Pantrémons - fun stuff!