Have owned this “sugoroku” illustrated game board for years but am finally discovering the actual nature of it. Essentially a Japanese version of Chutes and Ladders, these thin paper game boards have been produced for centuries in one form or … Continued
Had this image for a long time, with no real home for it, so I’ve decided to stretch the envelope a bit. No ninja-nutritional-value here whatsoever, but hey, she is a girl with swords…
When discussing 60’s B&W ninja flicks, the Shinobi-no-Mono series is THE genre-defining series. The movie posters, however, relied on strong reds, greens and blues to catch the consumers’ eye, and are some of the only color reference for the props … Continued
More great Eddie Mort artwork up on the FWAK! blog from the in-development animated series Dead Ringo:
We started the week with the high-end of the 80’s craze, let’s wrap it up on the low end… There are some great scans of not-so-great posters from REALLY not great in the least movies over at Wrong Side of the … Continued
In the 80’s, Sho Kosugi posed for over 73 billion photos in full night gear, laden with weapons, in magazines like Black Belt, Ninja, even Karate Illustrated and Inside Kung Fu. Yet when it comes to movie and video game ad … Continued
Let’s look at some quirky foreign movie posters, testament to the global nature of the 80’s craze. Coming in the next day or so, more weird movie posters, this time featuring illustrations and paintings of Sho Kosugi (regardless of wether … Continued
Detail scan of an 1817 Hokusai manga. (Referenced on the surprisingly fair and well-rounded wikipedia entry on ninja.) The original page feature an array of practicing martial artists:
In my non-ninja creative endeavors, I’m known for some pioneering work in bringing the Mexican masked wrestler thing to American pop culture prominence in the 90’s. Those efforts led to some great collaborations with animation studio FWAK!, and we may … Continued
Found these antique woodcut images on, of all places, the Library of Congress image archive website! See, the government is good for something… I like to think of these as Socialized Shinobi. Details of the above follow: According to the … Continued