{"product_id":"peepo-choo-3-isbn-9781934287347","title":"Peepo Choo 3","description":"In this final volume of Peepo Choo, Milton and Reiko begin to develop their own dialog. Milton has begun to understand that there is much more to appreciate about this culture than he imagined. He also realizes that there is nothing wrong with being who he is as long as he is being earnest. Sure that might isolate him in certain conditions, but it may also prove to be charming; as in the case with his new friend Reiko.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReiko’s views on American people also begin to change. People are who they are no matter where they hail from, and while the media and geo-political issues may influence subcontext it does not change individual personalities. She knows what she wants and she is willing to do whatever possible to achieve her goals in life. Her future might not be in Japan. They might not be in the US. But she will clearly be looking forward to a future where she is judged on her merits and talents with equity and honesty. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether they have much of that, but they are also very young. The future has many options for these two. So when they part ways at the end of this trip, one has to wonder…Will they ever see each other’s home the same way again?“There’s a terrible sameness to a lot of manga... Felipe  Smith brings   to it a unique vision, his raw, intentionally ugly art  perfect for a   culture clash comedy of extreme bad manners. It amply  demonstrates how   loving another country’s culture isn’t the  same as actually   understanding it.” —\u003ci\u003eICv2\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I  get the sense that, if he couldn’t draw, Felipe Smith would like  to  make a living repeatedly punching people in the face,  pausing only long  enough to make sure they got the joke.  Fortunately for us, he can  draw—he draws like a damn demon, that one.  His art is an assault,  seemingly stripped of subtlety. It is  full-bore satire, and he wields  it like a machete… Don’t get me wrong,  this  isn’t ‘merely’ satire.  Smith does care about one thing—his story  and his characters.  Especially his characters. He loves them even as he  lampoons them.  9.5\/10” —\u003ci\u003eComics Village\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Smith creates characters so  expressive you can feel their  pain. See the amusement, disgust. He has a  versatility that allows him  to  portray drop-dead serious (even grisly  at times) moments, and then  segue to light-hearted, deranged  innocence. If he has a parallel I  can’t quite figure it out.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Comic Panel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “There’s a glint in its eyes as it launches one charged,  cartooned  image after another... Smith’s work doesn’t  need much comparison to  Japanese or American comic book traditions  because he has an  understanding of how comics work that allows him to  tell stories in his  own way... No one comes out looking well, but  geeks come in for an  especially brutal brow-beating in this savage  aversion therapy, with  their fantasies warped into hairy,  misproportioned sexualized images.” —\u003ci\u003eAin’t It Cool News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A mere plot summary does nothing to convey the gleefully mean-spirited  anarchy of Peepo Choo.   Smith’s opus overflows with violence, sex,  cruelty, and general bad  taste, all drawn in a rubbery, cartoony style  and presented with  relentless manic delight... I have yet to meet a  person who’s  worked in the anime and manga industry who  doesn’t love  it.” —Shaenon Garrity, Author of \u003ci\u003eSkin Horse\u003c\/i\u003e and guest writer for \u003ci\u003eAbout.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “I was entertained by this comic; it’s got energy, the gross  parts can  get really funny, and its extravagant accumulation  of mean doodles  representing hapless international \/ interpersonal  misunderstandings  eventually forms a pleasingly nightmarish vision of  all-out war among  insular cliques absolutely certain they’ve got  the world all figured  out.” —Joe McCulloch, \u003ci\u003eComics Comics\u003c\/i\u003eFelipe Smith was born in 1978 in Ohio.  Raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Felipe comes from the most unlikely of backgrounds for a manga artist published in Japan.  Educated in an international school, while other kids where playing soccer and basketball, Felipe was considered the school's artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUpon moving to the US for college, Felipe studied at Chicago's Institute for the Arts where he was exposed to a number of art styles and forms of visual animation.  Influenced early by the hyper-real designs found in Heavy Metal and later on by cartoon styles found in Japanese animation, Felipe's art style is a unique blend of East and West that is destinctively Felipe. Felipe work has been published by IMAGE and TokyoPop; with his first serialized comic MBQ receiving critical acclaim. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFelipe went on to win a number of comic awards, eventually earning him international attention. Now working in Tokyo, Felipe is currently developing his second series this time for Morning Japan's leading comic anthology.","brand":"Vertical Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233468297445,"sku":"NP9781934287347","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781934287347.jpg?v=1767734604","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/peepo-choo-3-isbn-9781934287347","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}