We’ll return to our coverage of Anime Expo (Part 1 was last week) soon, but this Monday we want to give you a special bulletin about a Japanese artist appearing at the Dark Horse booth during San Diego Comic-Con with a brand new book! It’s all in the title: Dragon Girl and Monkey King: The Art of Katsuya Terada goes on sale this Wednesday…and Katsuya Terada will be signing it at the Dark Horse booth this Thursday and Saturday! 
You may already know Terada from vols. 1 and 2 of Katsuya Terada’s The Monkey King, his beautifully painted full-color manga from Dark Horse (by the way, the only reason we haven’t published vol. 3 yet is because it’s not finished ^_^) or remember the distinctive character designs Terada made for the original Blood: The Last Vampire anime. But you may not know that Katsuya Terada is one of the most sought-after commercial illustrators in Japan…constantly in demand to paint magazine covers, light novel covers, video game art, concert posters, CD jackets, and much more. 
Our brand new artbook, Dragon Girl and Monkey King: The Art of Katsuya Terada takes you inside that world. It’s a 9” x 12” hardback, 200 page collection of Terada’s paintings and illustrations from roughly the last fifteen years (including some done especially for this book). Many of the pieces have extensive liner notes detailing the stories behind the artwork—who these works were made for, and why. With a bonus Terada interview included as well, Dragon Girl and Monkey King gives you not only a great collection of illustrations that speak for themselves, but glimpses into the working life of a pro artist in today’s Japanese market. 
Director of Pan’s Labyrinth and Pacific Rim (and co-creator of The Strain) Guillermo del Toro writes the foreword to Dragon Girl and Monkey King; as detailed in the book, Terada’s fans include not only del Toro, but creators such as Mamoru Oshii, Katsuhiro Otomo, and Moyoco Anno, who dubbed him the “master artist.” If you don’t yet know why, Dragon Girl and Monkey King is the perfect opportunity to find out—and if you’re going to be visiting Dark Horse at SDCC this weekend, you can not only get the book, but get it signed by the master himself! Katsuya Terada will be at Dark Horse’s booth (#2615) on Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m., and on Saturday from 3 to 4 p.m.
—Carl Horn
Manga Editor
We’ll return to our coverage of Anime Expo (Part 1 was last week) soon, but this Monday we want to give you a special bulletin about a Japanese artist appearing at the Dark Horse booth during San Diego Comic-Con with a brand new book! It’s all in the title: Dragon Girl and Monkey King: The Art of Katsuya Terada goes on sale this Wednesday…and Katsuya Terada will be signing it at the Dark Horse booth this Thursday and Saturday! 

You may already know Terada from vols. 1 and 2 of Katsuya Terada’s The Monkey King, his beautifully painted full-color manga from Dark Horse (by the way, the only reason we haven’t published vol. 3 yet is because it’s not finished ^_^) or remember the distinctive character designs Terada made for the original Blood: The Last Vampire anime. But you may not know that Katsuya Terada is one of the most sought-after commercial illustrators in Japan…constantly in demand to paint magazine covers, light novel covers, video game art, concert posters, CD jackets, and much more.
 
Our brand new artbook, Dragon Girl and Monkey King: The Art of Katsuya Terada takes you inside that world. It’s a 9” x 12” hardback, 200 page collection of Terada’s paintings and illustrations from roughly the last fifteen years (including some done especially for this book). Many of the pieces have extensive liner notes detailing the stories behind the artwork—who these works were made for, and why. With a bonus Terada interview included as well, Dragon Girl and Monkey King gives you not only a great collection of illustrations that speak for themselves, but glimpses into the working life of a pro artist in today’s Japanese market.
 
Director of Pan’s Labyrinth and Pacific Rim (and co-creator of The Strain) Guillermo del Toro writes the foreword to Dragon Girl and Monkey King; as detailed in the book, Terada’s fans include not only del Toro, but creators such as Mamoru Oshii, Katsuhiro Otomo, and Moyoco Anno, who dubbed him the “master artist.” If you don’t yet know why, Dragon Girl and Monkey King is the perfect opportunity to find out—and if you’re going to be visiting Dark Horse at SDCC this weekend, you can not only get the book, but get it signed by the master himself! Katsuya Terada will be at Dark Horse’s booth (#2615) on Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m., and on Saturday from 3 to 4 p.m.

—Carl Horn
Manga Editor