![]() ![]() ![]() This collection has enchanted and inspired artists and art lovers for two centuries and is now ripe for rediscovery. Finally, volume 3, Flights of Fancy, is packed with mythical creatures, supernatural beings, and all sorts of weird and wonderful imagery from the master’s imagination. ![]() ![]() Sam Maggs is the author of several books and is currently writing the comic Captain Marvel. Rainbow Rowell is the writer of Marvel’s Runaways, and has also has released Pumpkinheads with Faith Erin Hicks. Volume 2 is devoted to The Wonders of Nature, including animals, birds, and sh as well as landscapes, weather, and scenes of natural beauty. The spin-off series from Fangirl include the novels Carry On and the soon-to-be released Wayward Son. Volume 1 explores Edo Life, the everyday world of the city that would later become Tokyo, featuring people from all walks of life at work and at play. Although they are not based around an ongoing narrative, the caricatures, satirical drawings, and multipanel illustrations can clearly be seen as a forerunner of manga as it is understood today. This three-volume edition is an extensive selection of Hokusai’s sketches, which present all the themes, motifs, and techniques found in his art. Originally designed as a reference for his students to emulate, it surpassed all expectations and became a bestseller, eventually expanding to fifteen volumes and over four thousand images. In 1814, the great Japanese artist and printmaker Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) published the first volume of his sketches: Hokusai Manga. ![]()
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