-Kanye West creating a manga!?!?-

Yunacat · Post by **Yunacat** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:40 pm

According to Anime News Network, Kanye West is creating a manga! O_O

AnimeNewsNetwork wrote:Kanye West Makes Manga (2006-04-21 17:38:18)
Kanye West is working on a "manga-style" book with animator Bill Plympton, according to Time magazine. Simon & Schuster is publishing the book, which will be based on West's lyrics.

I saw it and went "WTF!?" It's really weird to see something like that.. o_O

I'll have to find out some more info to see if it's true or not, but appearantly it is. The link provided on the site is only viewable by premium members of time.com > <

trinigal · Post by **trinigal** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:09 pm

Hey, I read that article at ANN too. When I first red that I was like "Okay cool. Good for you Kanye"

Hopefully, this "manga" of his won't be like Courtney Love's

as in bad. Haha, that's just my opinion though.

nekozumi_onigiri · Post by **nekozumi_onigiri** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:07 pm

That just sounds weird... I'm not a big fan of that guy and I don't think it will be very good but... I might check it out.

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:21 pm

I simply cannot put "Bill Plympton" and "manga-style" in the same sentence with a straight face.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:45 pm

Now we just wait for "George Bush hates black and white people".

Yunacat · Post by **Yunacat** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:41 am

I also read somewhere else where someone said that, on MTV, Kanye West had said he "had always been a big fan of anime and manga".. o_O

This puts more confidence in me though. I'm trying to become a manga ka, and if Kanye West can pull it off, then i can too.. > >

lilgumba · Post by **lilgumba** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:48 am

I personally would have liked to have seen a manga by Wu Tang Clan. (Maybe that would have been Samurai Champloo minus the sunflowers.) Either way, if it is true more props to Kanye. I don't know if I'd by it though since I am not much of a manga reader.

requiett · Post by **requiett** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:59 am

You know it's no longer fun to do something once rappers get involved.

Bloodfest Butterfly · Post by **Bloodfest Butterfly** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:05 am

RichLather wrote:I simply cannot put "Bill Plympton" and "manga-style" in the same sentence with a straight face.

I can't say "Plympton" with a straight face.

I just hope this turns out better than Princess Ai.

Chiyo_Domo · Post by **Chiyo_Domo** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:23 am

Kalium wrote:Now we just wait for "George Bush hates black and white people".

Yes. After that happens, we'll all be doomed.

RichLather wrote:I simply cannot put "Bill Plympton" and "manga-style" in the same sentence with a straight face.

Neither can I. I cant put the word "Kanye West" and manga in the same sentence! A black guy making a manga? De ja vu -_-