Fenderz Hilton Presentz: Buffy Season 8.

[fenderlove]

This latest cover for BtVS S8 fails. Fails hardcore. Not just because I am a Japanophile, but because I have taken a lot of art history... and this offends my eyes and reeks of the booze. This is more tragic than the nonsensical kanji, katakana,and hiragana that appeared in Spike: Shadow Puppets. No! Well, now I have to go draw Angel as an Oiran and Spike as a Geisha. XD



First off, Godzilla and Gamera? What the hell? Why is this katakana on a Edo-era style Ukiyo-e print?! No! It does not belong there! It especially doesn't belong there if it says "Gojira (Godzilla)" or "Gamera". No. Not ever.


Second off, what's with the obis? The obis offend my eyes most of all. It's like the comic artist said, "Hey, I like these woodblock prints. Look at that lady with her obi in front and her kimono slidding off her shoulder. She looks hot. I'll draw Willow like that." No. You fail, artist person. Willow is not an Oiran. She does not belong in a red light district brothel. Look at how loosely it is tied? Did she just jump Samurai Xander's bones? WTF? Seriously.


Thirdly, what the hell kinda ugly kimono is Buffy wearing? Why is your obi in the front too?! It's like, let's make something stereotypical! Chopsticks equal no, Ugly American Buffy. You bring shame and dishonour onto your comic. Now, go commit harekare and/or seppoku for your sins and wash the stink of shame from the Darkhorse name.


Here's the original cover for your own edification.

Comments

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

And does Xander have breasts in that picture? 'Cause that really looks like cleavage.

Blech.

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

Haha! Poor Xander. It seems like they Asianized him to fit with that particular style of poster, even making his eyes a little narrower, giving him a delicate curve of the nose, and making his lips smaller. They didn't have to do that, but if they did it to him then they should have done the same to Willow. It just looks like poor art direction and laziness to me. Of course, what an interesting story it would be if Buffy stumbled across an old ukiyo-e print that happened to have a red-haired oiran and a wandering mercenary that had an eyepack? That'd be a neat story. I might write it... except I would have to take Buffy out... Maybe I could make it Dawn or Spike instead of Buffy? That'd be neat!

[sistercuervo.livejournal.com]

LOL to the tiny Gamera & Gojira drawings. It's like bad tattoo art.
I thought the same thing when I saw those stupid chopsticks in her hair, too. Samurai certainly wouldn't stick eating utensils in their hair. Eeew, unsanitary. Costumes are as wrong as that god-awful flooffy dress Buffy wore in Halloween purporting to be 17th century ladieswear.
Good job with the fun-poking, fenderez.

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

What the shit??

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

My thoughts exactly. XD

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

I suddenly want to draw my version of Gamera all over everything. He doesn't look a thing like Gamera... he barely looks like a turtle! XD I totally misspelled Cloverfield... but that adds to the whole effect. ^_^

[comic-heroine.livejournal.com]

Most published comic book artists never took art history. Just ask one. They think Baroque style applies to only music.

! And that Jackson Pollock is the ONLY artist who did their own thing (asides the fact they're the only artist they can name).


Thanks inkist internship. You taught me american comic artists are douchebags.

[mitsukaiten.livejournal.com]

i enjoy your gamera. very much. it really makes me feel better about the fact that it looks like it's going to rain for another straight day.

i doubt willow's an oiran.... i mean, oiran were high-class courtesans. she looks markedly, erm, not-high-class in that rendering. >_>

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

That is all very true. ^_^

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that obi is... way, way too loose. Oiran is definitely too nice a word. XD

I'm glad mini-Gamera made you feel better.

[sockmonkeyhere.livejournal.com]

First off, Godzilla and Gamera? What the hell? Why is this katakana on a Edo-era style Ukiyo-e print?!

Bwaha! For the same reason that Japanese T-shirts have things like "King Fucker Chicken" written in English on them. The Japanese designers like the look of English/Romanji letters and don't care what they say, and the American designers (such as this nitwit comic book artist) like the look of Japanese Kanji and Kana letters and don't care what they say, either. He/she probably thought that using the names of Japanese movie monsters was a fabulous in-joke.

Between the cultural inaccuracies and Xander's pillowy titties, I'm gladder than ever that I have no interest in Season 8.

[kidcyclone.livejournal.com]

Your critique and red-ink corrections/commentary are so fricking awesome! I love mini-gamera and godzilla very much, and agree, Xander's breasts are very disturbing...

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

Ah, Engrish. I love Engrish. I especially love the hoodie that says, "Every morning I wake up and shoot my head like a rock star." Spike needs that hoodie for the sheer fact that it is made of awesome. XD
I haven't been paying attention to S8 for a while now. I got to issue 4, and I kinda gave up. I've been reading summaries and stuff, but I can't even be bothered to download it for free anymore.
I think I'm gonna do little Perez-Hilton-esque critiques of all the comics now. *starts scanning in her old Darkhorse Spike comics*

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

Hehe! Yes, they are. I want mini-Gamera now. I want to make it a plushie. XD

[beastwith5hands.livejournal.com]

holy crap! and they've been so nice up until now. i'm going to be embarrassed to buy that.

[havesomecocoa.livejournal.com]

LOL Well, atleast it's kinda well done :D

I've been trying to call you but we keep missing each other D:

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

I know! I may have to call you later tonight. I'm stuck in the art lab, and Sarah's too sick to come and get me, so I have to walk all the way back to Scarlett. Rapetime. O_O;;;

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

Indeed. I think I'm gonna start doing this with all my comics. Tis fun. XD

[havesomecocoa.livejournal.com]

lmao rapetime! NOOOO! D:

Call campus police and get an escort! They'll drive you home I think.

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

I made it home okay! Huzzah for no rapetime!

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Bwha!