tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026774725178592968.post6976747986264832432..comments2023-08-02T02:23:35.019-04:00Comments on I Love Rob Liefeld | A Comic Book Blog: Review: Black Jack Vol. 1 and 2Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09672666055136757425noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026774725178592968.post-44086884519742573212008-12-11T09:22:00.000-05:002008-12-11T09:22:00.000-05:00That's a very cool idea and one that I had not hea...That's a very cool idea and one that I had not heard about (granted, I'm still just starting to read Tezuka's work). Tezuka's familiarity with his "actors" probably helps to explain not only his detailed and creative designs for every extra, but also his knack for getting his main characters to be so expressive on the page.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09672666055136757425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026774725178592968.post-10425501051050058782008-12-11T08:19:00.000-05:002008-12-11T08:19:00.000-05:00Tezuka was a genius, there is no other word for hi...Tezuka was a genius, there is no other word for him.<BR/><BR/>Possibly one of the reasons that some of his extras look as detailed as full characters in other books is because he was well-known for reusing character designs across his (many, many, MANY) series. But that's not a point against him; he developed what he called his "star system," where his considered that his designs were akin to actors that could play many roles. Wikipedia has a page on it: <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka%27s_Star_System" REL="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka%27s_Star_System</A><BR/><BR/>For example, an character of his was Rock Holmes, who played a boy detective hero in early manga. Later on however he mostly got villain roles, and could actually be fairly violent. But those were different characters; they just had the same "actor."<BR/><BR/>Again, with anyone else this would have been a cheat, but Tezuka did dozens of manga series in his life, and the reuse of these actors can be seen as a source of hidden depth in his work, and also recognizing characters across series is a little reward for the dedicated fan.Rodneyliveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476187929555342435noreply@blogger.com