Word: hokusai
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...personal favorite of NBM's recent adaptations, "The Yellow Jar" (48 pp.; $12.95) by the previously unpublished Patrick Atangan, doesn't look or read anything like your typical Japanese comic. No saucer eyes, robots or schoolgirl outfits can be found. With Hokusai and Gustav Klimt as his influences Atangan has adapted a pair of Japanese folk tales into a gorgeous hybrid of comix and prints of ancient Japan. The titular story begins when a fisherman collects a yellow jar in his net. Somewhat disappointed that it contains no treasure, instead he finds that it holds a sleeping woman. She agrees...