When Satoshi Kitamura came to the UK he was shocked to find reading comics was looked down on, things were very different when he was growing up in Japan...
In Japan comics get as much respect as any other art form, so it surprised me when I came to Britain and discovered people were embarrassed to be seen reading them. I never felt that reading comics was something to be ashamed of – they are as good as anything else.
Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy (Tetsuwan Atom) was my favourite artist when I was growing up closely followed by Shigeru Mizuki’s excellent little spooky comics and the incredible Yoshiharu Tsuge. And now Chris Riddell, and Winsor McCay who wrote the Little Nemo comics.
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