Top Shelf Productions is proud to announce the first full-length graphic novel from the Xeric-winning Scott Mills. With his sensitive take on humanity and his completely original artistic vision, we expect this thoughtful tale of early Japan to prove quite popular. It has been several thousand years since the end of the last ice age. The waters have warmed and risen, excising great portions of East Asia, while simultaneously creating the cluster of islands we now know as Japan. Across this modest new body of water came many immigrants. Some sought freedom. Some sought fortune. When Sun Kim came from Korea to Kyuushuu, the southern-most of the four largest islands of Japan, she was simply looking for a fresh start. Complete with panel-by-panel Japanese-language translations, to boot!
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Big Clay Pot, set in 200 B.C.E., is a lovely little story that captures a slice of two lives and presents them cleanly, artfully and without adornment.
The art is deceptively simple, but Scott Mills certainly has packed Big Clay Pot with amazing depth and expression. The story is broken into brief vignettes, many of which are whimsical, a few of which are poignant, and one or two of which are downright sad. Kokoro is wizened and old, his face a shapeless mass like the eponymous pot. Sun Kim is young, appealing and cute, but thankfully not at all like the preadolescent sex kittens that dominate Japan's popular manga style of art. Big Clay Pot is an intelligent gem of a tale.
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meditative and minimalist,
By simon morse (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Big Clay Pot (Paperback)
In a world where shiny art and shiny costumes are the norm, its a refreshing change of pace to find a graphic novel like this. A quick read, this is a wonderfully heartfelt story of untraditional love and human relationships. I hesitate to call it a 'coming-of-age story' because that would seem to denigrate just how beautiful this story really is. The characters are real and the minimalist brush lines are expertly placed to convey the perfect emotions without the clutter of unnecessary crosshatching or gawdy computer coloring. I read Big Clay Pot and find myself relaxing from the sometimes overwhelming chaos of daily life. Easliy one of the best things I've read in a while.
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It has began several thousand years since the end of the last ice age. Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
It has began several thousand years since the end of the last ice age. Read the first page New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Final Curtain: Saigon: A Novel by Thomas Lee in Back Matter
- My Own Little Empire by Scott Mills in Back Matter
- Trenches by Scott Mills in Back Matter
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