Dark chills on a summer day (4)

Ito Junji exhibition (2024.4.27-9.1)

To wrap up this exhibition report, I’m going to add a few nice (yes, they are scary but beautiful, or beautifully scary, if you prefer) illustrations, including some watercolors.

Enjoy.

This last one looks like Ito Junji’s version of My Neighbor Totoro.

If you are in Tokyo and like this kind of art, do yourself a favor and check out this exhibition.

You can also get a pretty souvenir.

Go ahead and put your hand in the box. Don’t worry, t won’t bite you.

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A few reading tips

Gianni Simone

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2022年12月13日

Dear readers, as you are reading my posts - and other newsletters on Substack, I suppose - you probably like books too, in which case you should check out Shepherd.com, a website where authors share some of their favorite works around a topic, theme, or mood (e.g.

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