Baron Yoshimoto to Participate Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême.

[Live painting event] ◆ Dates: January 30th ~February 2nd , 2020

◆ Time: Every day from 2pm to 5pm (except on 31st from 4pm to 6pm)

◆ Place: MANGACITY pavilion Near ATOM booth (MC7) Baron Yoshimoto will be drawing on a 1.6m(H)×2.5m(W) sized canvas and will be trying to complete an artwork within 4 days. Limited signed copies of Baron Yoshimoto's art collection book “The Art of Baron Yoshimoto” (9784756251718) will be made available for sale at ATOM's booth (MC7) (https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/serie/ATOM-Magazine )

Public conference]

Conférence-débat avec MM Sansuke Yamada et Baron Yoshimoto"

Date: January 31st (Fri)

Time: 1pm - 2pm

Place: Forum du nouveau monde

Speakers: Baron Yoshimoto Sansuke Yamada Emily Yoshimoto

Available at ATOM's booth (MC7)

The Art of Baron Yoshimoto

ISBN: 978-4-7562-5171-8

Pages: 184 Pages (4C・144P/1C・40P)

Size: 297×210mm

Binding: Hardbound

Language: J/E bilingual

From Baron Yoshimoto's vast collection of works from his 60-year career ranging from Gekiga and illustrations to paintings on paper and canvas, this book introduces 120 artworks from his entire career.

[Artist Profile]

Manga artist and painter Baron Yoshimoto was born on November 11, 1940. As a boy, he discovered a 10-cent "Batman" comic book in a boarding house for American occupying forces near his parents' home, and it affected him greatly. He made his debut as a manga artist in 1959. Though both were still young, he and Monkey Punch became the pillar artists of the new, young adult “gekiga” magazine Weekly Manga Action upon its inauguration in 1967. Incorporating influences from American comics and French and Belgian bande dessinee, Baron was a leading pioneer in the late '60s of so-called “nouvelle comics,” at a time when strong influences from foreign comics were rare. Ōtomo Katsuhiro and Usui Yoshito would later debut in the same magazine.

As one of the architects of the gekiga boom, Baron created such famous series as Jukyōden (1970-80), Dongame Yarō (1972-74), and Seventeen (1970-74), among many others. Then, in 1980, at the height of this fame, Baron wrapped up all of his series and moved alone to the United States, where he became the first Japanese artist to draw for Marvel Comics. After returning to Japan, he continued drawing manga, though spent most of his energy painting, using a different pen name. Only in 2015 did he begin using “Baron Yoshimoto” for both practices. He has continued creating new works in both media to the present day. In 2019, commemorating sixty years of artistic activity, Baron was awarded the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Award through the Japanese Cartoonist Association Award. In recent years, book collections of his paintings and drawings and new editions of his manga have been published not only in Japan, but also in the United States and Europe, as a part of a general reevaluation and increased appreciation of his achievements as an artist.