【開箱．畫集】門小雷｜SISTERHOOD：門小雷精選作品集

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Title:SISTERHOOD: Selected Works of Men Xiaolei
English Title:SISTERHOOD: LITTLE THUNDER ART BOOK
Author:Little Thunder
Publisher:Facebook Publishing
Publication Date:2020-07-18
Language:traditional Chinese
ISBN13:9789862358382
Binding:平裝 / 208 頁 / 26 x 19 cm / 普通級 / 全彩印刷
Price:599 yuan (KingStone 金石堂)
Gift:Large poster x 1

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Although this book has a lot of pages, it is very light to hold. It's a pity that the gallery can't be spread out well. There are not many spreads, but there are still. I really want the first mirror and the inside and back cover to be flattened🤣.

● These are these two pictures↓

The titles on the cover and side of the book are partially polished, and the details of the inner cover, title page (wrapping paper), book waist, and poster are not sloppy!

I really like the design where the first half of the page numbers are very large and integrated into the illustrated page. The characters in Men Xiaolei's writings really have a unique charm, and they can't help but imagine the story behind each person. The included works span various styles of illustrations~

The second half is the author's 4 short color comics. One of them happened to be in another collection of comics and illustrations I collected "19 daysWorks included in "(pictured below).

The first half of the illustrations and the second half of the comics are printed on different papers. The former is smooth and the latter is rougher, which is quite special~

I really like the two passages that Men Xiaolei said:

"Because I only paint what I want to paint."
"Why don't you draw girls with single eyelids?" "Why don't you have people with other skin colors?" "I look forward to you painting boys."
I've been asked such a question all the time, but I'm puzzled. Why? Attempt to analyze in depth, and finally found the truth. The answer is very simple.

Right, isn't what the artist wants to paint is the essence of the creator's creation? If you can only paint what you want (~~Can live~~), who would want to paint something that I don't want to paint?

as well as:

Doing what you like is a bit different from "always working hard to continue."
People often say, "You have been painting so good."
But just like people who like kaiseki cuisine will not say: "This delicious kaiseki cuisine, I will try to eat it!"
Doing what you like is a bit different from "always working hard to continue." Although the body will get tired after painting for a long time, my heart is still full of longing for painting. I only hope that the rest of my life can continue to be drawn. If it can be achieved, it is really wonderful.

It is a very happy thing to be able to use what I like as a job!

● Kylooe Green TunnelIllustration of ↓

喜歡門小雷作品的話，台灣也有代理「The 10th Anniversary Collection of the Kylooe Trilogy by Men Xiaolei」，包含彩色漫畫 Kylooe 三部曲，以及典藏書盒、明信片套組（9 入），開箱在此：Men Xiaolei｜The Complete Collection of Kylooe's 10th Anniversary Trilogy.

門小雷的其他作品集：《Collection of Men Xiaolei: SCENT OF HONG KONG", "Men Xiaolei's Comic Works: Algae and Waves and Infinity".

Official Introduction

The book "SISTERHOOD" is a collection of selected works for Men Xiaolei launched by Genkosha for the first time in her career. It looks back on Men Xiaolei's creative journey from 2006 to 2019. It contains hundreds of illustrations and four unofficial works. Many of the published short comic works, and many self-financed publications by authors who have been out of print, are also selected in a few frames.

At the end of the book, a long interview with Men Xiaolei herself is included. From her painting development to the opportunity to become a professional painter, the difficulties and changes encountered along the way, as well as her source of inspiration, painting process and materials, and then In the interview, she shared her personal life with readers.

This book also interviews the gallery operator and book designer Katol, who has worked with Xiao Lei for many years since the early days, to talk about his early cooperation with Xiao Lei and his observations of her. Finally, this book invites Mon Xiaolei, the famous Japanese manga and illustrator whose influence he has been deeply influenced by Mr. Mun Xiaolei, to exchange ideas with the new Japanese illustrator TANAKA MISAKI (たなかみさき) with Mon Xiaolei as the main axis, and talk about the analysis of the door. The charm of Xiao Lei.

For the binding part, the Traditional Chinese version enlarges the book format from 15cm x 21cm of the original Japanese version to 19cm x 26cm (about 1.5 times), so that readers can see the details of the work more clearly. The "installation" binding method allows cross-page illustration works to be flattened and fully appreciated, avoiding part of the content of the work being eaten up by the space between the pages, and adding more collectibility.

In addition, we also asked Men Xiaolei to paint a new and exclusive painting for the traditional Chinese version: She was inspired by a century-old handmade wooden barrel shop on Zhongshan North Road in Taipei, combining her unique feminine elements, music and magical imagery. In it, a fixed scene spanning the ages and sealing up time is created, printed on fine art paper into a large poster of 50cm x 70cm, for all readers who purchase the Chinese version of the book to collect.

Content

Prologue + Contents Preface－002
Artworks-004
Comics Short comics: "City Of Darkness <Kowloon Walled City>", "The Artists", "Loser", "Lost Forever"-113
Little Thunder Interview Men Xiaolei Interview-188
Katol Lo Interview Designer Katol Lo Interview-198
Eguchi Hisashi × Tanaka Misaki Special Talk 江口寿史＆たなかみさき－201
Work List + Book list + Profile Work List + Book List + Profile-204
Epilogue Postscript-206

About the Author

Little Thunder

Cartoonist, illustrator. Born in Hong Kong in 1984. At the age of 11, he first contributed to a Hong Kong comic magazine. At the age of 15, he serialized the comic "SEED" in the "Sing Tao Daily". After graduating from high school, he became a professional cartoonist. Besides Hong Kong, he also published cartoons and illustrations in cartoon magazines in Guangdong, China. In 2009, he participated in the French Corsica Manga Festival, Tokyo Design Festival, Taipei and Singapore Toy Fairs. Invited by Belgian publishing house Kana, the French version of the "Kylooe" trilogy has been published since 2010. In 2011, "Kylooe" won the Domination International Manga Award from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. In 2013, he participated in the important program "Concert de dessins" (Concert de dessins) of the French Angoulê International Comics Festival, and was one of the first Chinese invited.

In recent years, Men Xiaolei has been very active. In addition to drawing covers for many novels and CDs, he also cooperates with coffee shops, interior decoration and fashion brands. In 2019, a new work "Algae and Waves and Infinity", and held the original painting exhibition in the same store; in the same year, it was published by Japan's GenkoshaSISTERHOOD: Selected Works of Men Xiaolei"(Traditional Chinese version will be published by Facebook in 2020). Solo exhibitions will be held at PARCO in Tokyo and Osaka in 2020Scent of Hong Kong", and launched a collection of paintings of the same name. In the same year, a small album "Girl, Flower, Mouse, Rabbit, Egg and Cat" was also published by the Japanese independent bookstore Popotame. In 2021, he was invited to draw the cover of the annual illustration catalogue "ILLUSTRATION 2021" published by the Japanese Xiang Swimming Club. In addition, several independent publications have been published. My personal interests are pole dancing and photography. Love cats.

專訪：〈「我特別注意女生的眼睛，喜歡睫毛在太陽下打在臉頰上的影子…」──專訪香港藝術家門小雷〉。