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Bizenghast: Falling Into Fear
Bizenghast Falling into Fear Artbook features art and illustrations by M. Alice LeGrow. Bring home more of the gorgeous art of Bizenghast with Falling into Fear! This limited edition art book has 12 pages of stickers and 24 mini-posters so you can beautify anything you own.
64 pages, Spiral-bound
First published January 9, 2007
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About the author
M. Alice LeGrow
34 books145 followersM. Alice LeGrow is a female manga-influenced alternate comic book artist best known for her original English-language manga series Bizenghast. From the Savannah College of Art and Design, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sequential Art.
As a young girl, Mary Alice LeGrow was not interested in comics since she grew up in Weisbaden, Germany where comics were not readily available. In her freshman year of high school, she discovered comics and anime. She enjoyed manga because it was not "the regular colorful spandex superhero fare". She heard about Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga competition from a friend at the 2003 Otakon, an anime convention in Baltimore, Maryland. On the drive from the convention and with eleven days before the deadline, she chose a short story she had written named "Nikolai", because of its "simple but engaging plot that had a definite start and finish." She renamed the main character, Sally Notch, after a road sign called "Notch Road" and based her character design on a model in a Gothic & Lolita Bible. Because the story was ten pages longer than the twenty-page limit, she rewrote it and also altered Sally's hair and clothes "to make her more interesting". "Nikolai" won a runner-up place in the competition and was published in the 2003 Rising Stars of Manga anthology. Along with a monetary prize, LeGrow won a chance to potientally have a manga series published by Tokyopop. The editors liked the series she proposed, Bizenghast, and she became the second Rising Stars of Manga winner to have a manga series published by Tokyopop.
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As a young girl, Mary Alice LeGrow was not interested in comics since she grew up in Weisbaden, Germany where comics were not readily available. In her freshman year of high school, she discovered comics and anime. She enjoyed manga because it was not "the regular colorful spandex superhero fare". She heard about Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga competition from a friend at the 2003 Otakon, an anime convention in Baltimore, Maryland. On the drive from the convention and with eleven days before the deadline, she chose a short story she had written named "Nikolai", because of its "simple but engaging plot that had a definite start and finish." She renamed the main character, Sally Notch, after a road sign called "Notch Road" and based her character design on a model in a Gothic & Lolita Bible. Because the story was ten pages longer than the twenty-page limit, she rewrote it and also altered Sally's hair and clothes "to make her more interesting". "Nikolai" won a runner-up place in the competition and was published in the 2003 Rising Stars of Manga anthology. Along with a monetary prize, LeGrow won a chance to potientally have a manga series published by Tokyopop. The editors liked the series she proposed, Bizenghast, and she became the second Rising Stars of Manga winner to have a manga series published by Tokyopop.
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October 29, 2009This volume of "extras" is aimed at serious fans - those who love the series enough to be completists and those who focus on the art of comics and the creation process as much as (or more than) the story, or those who love it enough to take it apart.
The main content is 20 pages of art, each in its own plastic slipcover, with notes from the artist on the back of each. Most of these are original, either concept art or designs/scenes that didn't make it into the final publication. There are a few pages of paper dolls with different outfits for the two main characters. Some of the scenes are spread across two pages and require removing one from the plastic to hold it beside the other to get the full effect. The final 12 pages are stickers of the characters, mostly from the manga but also a few unique drawings.
A serious collector will enjoy LeGrow's thoughts on her art, what did and didn't make the final cut in the books, and different aspects of the characters, as well as the previously unseen artwork. Other fans will like the ability to remove the art from the protective sheets and use them and the stickers to decorate walls, notebooks, etc.
Hardbound with a hidden spiral binding and velcro closure flap, this volume will probably last longer than the manga themselves.
The main content is 20 pages of art, each in its own plastic slipcover, with notes from the artist on the back of each. Most of these are original, either concept art or designs/scenes that didn't make it into the final publication. There are a few pages of paper dolls with different outfits for the two main characters. Some of the scenes are spread across two pages and require removing one from the plastic to hold it beside the other to get the full effect. The final 12 pages are stickers of the characters, mostly from the manga but also a few unique drawings.
A serious collector will enjoy LeGrow's thoughts on her art, what did and didn't make the final cut in the books, and different aspects of the characters, as well as the previously unseen artwork. Other fans will like the ability to remove the art from the protective sheets and use them and the stickers to decorate walls, notebooks, etc.
Hardbound with a hidden spiral binding and velcro closure flap, this volume will probably last longer than the manga themselves.
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May 23, 2009This volume of "extras" is aimed at serious fans - those who love the series enough to be completists and those who focus on the art of comics and the creation process as much as (or more than) the story, or those who love it enough to take it apart.
The main content is 20 pages of art, each in its own plastic slipcover, with notes from the artist on the back of each. Most of these are original, either concept art or designs/scenes that didn't make it into the final publication. There are a few pages of paper dolls with different outfits for the two main characters. Some of the scenes are spread across two pages and require removing one from the plastic to hold it beside the other to get the full effect. The final 12 pages are stickers of the characters, mostly from the manga but also a few unique drawings.
A serious collector will enjoy LeGrow's thoughts on her art, what did and didn't make the final cut in the books, and different aspects of the characters, as well as the previously unseen artwork. Other fans will like the ability to remove the art from the protective sheets and use them and the stickers to decorate walls, notebooks, etc.
Hardbound with a hidden spiral binding and velcro closure flap, this volume will probably last longer than the manga themselves.
The main content is 20 pages of art, each in its own plastic slipcover, with notes from the artist on the back of each. Most of these are original, either concept art or designs/scenes that didn't make it into the final publication. There are a few pages of paper dolls with different outfits for the two main characters. Some of the scenes are spread across two pages and require removing one from the plastic to hold it beside the other to get the full effect. The final 12 pages are stickers of the characters, mostly from the manga but also a few unique drawings.
A serious collector will enjoy LeGrow's thoughts on her art, what did and didn't make the final cut in the books, and different aspects of the characters, as well as the previously unseen artwork. Other fans will like the ability to remove the art from the protective sheets and use them and the stickers to decorate walls, notebooks, etc.
Hardbound with a hidden spiral binding and velcro closure flap, this volume will probably last longer than the manga themselves.
May 17, 2012
With the May 22, 2012 pre-order of the final book in the Bizenghast series, volume 8, to complete the story arc, this will add to my set. It's more an art folio than a 'book'. Though released as limited, as of May 10, 2012, it is still fairly easy to find on the web, in new condition with stickers intact, for < $10. The paperdolls are nice and the hardcover, spiral-bound format is more sturdy than most ephemera-containing books. A good buy for any Bizenghast fan.
March 7, 2017
This book was disappointing for the price. The back advertised "24 mini-posters" but a lot of those posters were just pin-up dolls which I will never use because I don't want to cut up the expensive book. I was also hoping for more commentary. Maybe only for diehard fans and art collectors.
April 14, 2016
I have this "book", it's not a book, it's just an art collection. I got it for free at comic con, though I don't remember the year. It has really pretty art (and stickers) that made me want to read the series.
May 2, 2008
Neat pictures and notes. Who doesn't like stickers?
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