【開箱．漫畫集】Kan｜癔病童話 Hysteria

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Title:Hysteria
Author:Kan
Publisher:Kiwi Creative
Publication Date:2021-07-05
Language:traditional Chinese
ISBN13:9789860604764
Binding:平裝 / 152 頁 / 15 x 21 cm / 限制級 / 全彩印刷 / 初版
Price:420 yuan (KingStone 金石堂)

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I’ve been very interested in Kan’s work before, and I like this time "Hysteria fairy tale"(Originally published a personal history version). In the future, I also want to receive "Arcade maze"There are other creations~

The title of "Hysteria" immediately reminds me of Muse Orchestra’s enduring classic song of the same name "Hysteria", bass XD who loved to play this song in high school

"The Fairy Tales of Hysteria" is a full-color comic book.

In addition to the unique painting style and lens, the subject matter is also refreshing. It puts women's uterus, menstruation and various images into the advancement of the plot, and triggers thinking about feminine power (not specifically women).

The boy, the protagonist of the story, is a little sticky Limax (Limax in English for slugs). He is employed by the witch to do work such as taking care of the wombs of the witches in the bottle. Later, I met Klein, a girl who looked like an angel, and his original dark life began to change...

Limes is always surrounded by a group of slug-like creatures who slander him. My interpretation is that it is an individual's inner defensive instinct, low self-esteem, or social arbitrarily imposed on the individual's vision. But they are very cute, it is the essence of the story (X), I always feel that the dialog box will automatically have a voice (with high, high and sharp mini calls) XD

Transparent cover at the beginning of the book:

hysteria [Noun] hysteria; hysteria; crazy and out-of-order emotional catharsis
Until modern times, this condition was considered unique to women for two thousand years, and it was caused by the uterus wandering, disturbing, and causing trouble in the body.

Carefully chew the plot and various symbols in the work, combined with personal life experience, each reader should have a unique association and interpretation.

For example, I feel that my attitude towards menstruation should not be negative (although it is undeniable that there is a psychological burden), behind this periodic response is the display of power (including fertility, protection, inner balance, etc.).

Facing this force squarely, you may find that sometimes the body is trying to communicate with us and convey some important information.

More in-depth creative concepts can be found in the Podcast "Booker News (S2EP25)" Listen to the author Kan's sharing!

Although this book is listed as a "restricted level", it is not what everyone thinks (?). I personally feel that the exposure of female sexual organs in the comics is not particularly sensitive. If society does not need to look at it from other interesting eyes, there is no need to shield a specific age. (But the fact is that sex education in Taiwan needs to be strengthened)

What attracts me to this work is the vibrant illustrations, which create visual enjoyment through lens changes, color contrast or compatibility. Especially the overall color scheme that keeps changing with the advancement of the plot scene (recently watching the JOJO animation will suddenly change the color XD).

I especially want to mention the design of the text. Flexible fonts are also part of the illustrations, such as the wet and sticky "wet and sticky" text, the splash-like "Puff!", and the large-scale like magic sound transmission brain The text is very immersive.

Some additional thoughts are that I really like the tail of Limes & the tentacle socks on Klein's feet (?) XD

And the god of the paradise where Kolein grew up (?) reminds me of the image of the moon in "The Kingdom of Gems", and I really like the color arrangement of this paragraph~

This is the end of the introduction. I look forward to more and more outstanding illustrations and comics in Taiwan😍

Official Introduction

The nightmare of monsters, the feast of witches!
If I am willing to face my own darkness, will you stay with me?
A cruel and beautiful gorgeous adventure, inside and out.

The little boy in the witch forest, the angel girl who fell from heaven, the hysterical inner monologue, the magic of menstruation, the mixed growth theme and the anxiety of sex, the cutting-edge cartoonist Kan uses color and storytelling to open up a deep and dark world A little edge of light!

Book features

★ A new breakthrough in the storytelling storytelling of Taiwan Comics!

Kan is good at using two timelines on comic strips, the macro time of the whole page or spread, and the micro time of the single frame, which has both mythical and epic synchronicity and the diachronic nature of daily time. Echoing our daily life, at the intersection of cyclic time and linear time, it is also where the conservative symbolic system changes and the rigid psychological order begins to loosen.

★ Interpret menstruation in a creative and beautiful way!

The menstrual blood that has been stigmatized has instead become a source of beauty in color. Then use the contrast of pink tones to establish a world view centered on menstruation. The blue-green Limes (and his little slug) is an alien and monster in the red world. However, how does this superego representative of the values of the human world face the natural existence full of innate capacity? Facing the male hysteria of feminine power, what should we do?

★ The beautiful composition presents the complexity and depth of love and sex!

The body is the medium through which we come into contact with the world, the abstract lines are the side we are alienated from, and the curves of lust are the beauty of imagination. Kan reconstructs the complex relationship between the human body and the world with a vision full of sympathetic understanding. The body can also be a quiet extension of people living with the world.

About the Author

Kan

Taiwanese illustrator also works hard to draw comics.

I like the colorful colors, and I am determined to use paintings and pens to depict the incredible hidden in life and the whispers in dreams. Participated in the character design of the board game "Said Demon", kiwi version Chinese textbook illustration, "Golden Charm and Killing Magic" novel cover drawing, Forest Service Bureau of Tree Planting Month "Sen Cun Zhi Dao" main visual, etc.; published at his own expense there are collections of pictures and texts. Comic collections "Daydreaming Logic", "The Maze of Arcade" and so on.