Heta-uma
Heta-uma (ヘタウマ or ヘタうま) is a Japanese underground manga movement started in the 1970s with the magazine Garo.[2] Heta-uma can be translated as "bad but good", designating a work which looks poorly drawn, but with an aesthetically conscious quality, opposed to the polished look of mainstream manga.
Some of heta-uma's main artists are Teruhiko Yumura (pen name "King Terry"),[3] Yoshikazu Ebisu[4] and Takashi Nemoto.[5]
References
- ^ "The painting of Tokugawa's third shogun, Iemitsu, is too cute to take your eyes off. 'Perverse Japanese Art.'". Kodansha Book Club (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2019-03-15. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ "The 'bad but good' trailblazing of Yumura Teruhiko, by Paul Gravett / ArtReview". artreview.com. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- ^ Schodt, Frederik L. (2014-01-02). Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga. Stone Bridge Press, Inc. ISBN 9781611725537.
- ^ Thompson, Jason (2012-07-03). Manga: The Complete Guide. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 9780345539441.
- ^ "Avant manga". Japan Today. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
Further reading
- Dejasse, Erwin (2016). Heta-Uma: Manga on the other side of the mirror (Thesis) (in French). Université de Liège. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- Tumey, Paul (27 January 2020). "Ominous Absurdity From "The Pits of Hell" by Ebisu Yoshikazu". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2 May 2021.