A Scottish comic book writer in Japan.
Sean Michael Wilson has more than a dozen books published by a variety of US, UK and Japanese publishers. As well as writing 'western' style graphic novels, he often works with Japanese and Chinese artists on manga style books. Japanese publisher Kodansha published his manga 'Hagakure' and 'Yakuza Moon', and he has had work published in the keitai/mobile phone manga format in Japan - both very unusual for a British creator. He has tried to do comic books that are different from the normal superhero/fantasy brands in collaboration with a variety of 'non-comic book' organisations, such as charities and museums. His main influences include British and American creators, such as Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Eddie Campbell and Harvey Pekar.
Sean is the editor of the critically acclaimed 'AX: alternative manga' (Top Shelf) , which was selected as one of the ten best comic books of 2010 by Publishers Weekly, and placed number 2 in their critics poll of books of the year, only behind Chris Ware. It was also nominated for a Harvey Award, a long established award for comic books in the USA. His graphic novel version of the classic 'A Christmas Carol' (with artists Mike Collins and David Roach) was in the Sunday Times best books list in 2008, and his version of 'Wuthering Heights' was shortlisted for a Stan Lee schools award in 2012. His collection 'Beautiful Things' won a 'best indepedent graphic novel' award in 2005. As a result of working closely with Japanese editor, Mitsuhiro Asakawa, he has given talks on Gekiga style manga and AX in the USA, UK and Japan, to try to increase knowledge of mature, literary style manga. He has received several grants from both the English arts council and the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation in support of his Japan related publications.
Latest books:
'Parecomic', Seven Stories Press, May 2013.
'The Demon's Sermon', Shambhala Publications, March, 2013.
'The Book of Five Rings', Shambhala Publications, Nov 2012.
'Sweeney Todd' adaptation, Classical Comics, Spring 2012.
'Wuthering Heights' adaptation, Classical Comics, Dec 2011.
'The Story of Lee', my original story, NBM publishing, Jan 2011.
Interests? - the 3 M's: manga, music and magick!
(or comic books, cool and consciousness - take your pick).
Info in Japanese:
ショーン・マイケル・ウィルソンは、スコットランドの首都エジンバラの出身であり、現在は日本に在住し活動している。グラフィッィク・ノベル「ANGEL OF THE WOODS」、「CHIMPIRA （MANGA MOVER）」、アワードを受賞作である“詩漫画” 「BEAUTIFUL THINGS」、「YAOI Volume One」 「A Christmas carol」 「Iraq Operation Corporate takeover」のライターである。
幼少の頃から、コミックブックを書くことは彼の夢であった。初めて出版された作品は１９９８年、ロンドンの大規模なコミックアートエキシビジョンにて展示された。「THE JAPANESE DRAWING ROOM」は英国の美術館"Bournemouth"と共同で製作された。「Iraq Operation Corporate takeover」は英国のチャリティー団体 War on Wantと共に出版された。
彼は講談社から「Hagakure」「Yakuza Moon」を出版し、イギリスのクリエーターにとっては非常に異色である、ケータイ漫画での出版に取り組んでいる。彼はまた、高く評価された「AX: alternative manga」（Top Shelf 出版）の編集者である。「AX: alternative manga」は2010年にPublishers Weekly・ベストコミックにトップ10入りし、ハーベイアワードにノミネートされた。日本の編集者・浅川満寛氏との共同作業により、ショーンは劇画スタイルの漫画と「AX: alternative manga」をアメリカ、イギリス、日本で発表し、また、成人向け･文語体漫画の普及拡大に挑戦している。 (Thanks for Japanese assistance to Kaori Kurata)
メール: Smwilson23@gmail.com
In Italian:
Sean Michael Wilson è autore di fumetti e manga nonché editor dell’antologia Ax: Alternative Manga. Tra i suoi adattamenti in
versione manga/fumetto, ricordiamo Canto di Natale di Charles Dickens, Cime tempestose di Emily Brontë e Il fantasma di Canterville di Oscar Wilde. Ha lavorato con disegnatori cinesi, giapponesi e inglesi, tra cui Mike Collins e Yishan Li. Tiene conferenze sui mature manga negli Stati Uniti e in Gran Bretagna.
http://www.etadellacquario.it/schedaLibro.asp?idLibro=282
朝日新聞 のきじ:
Sean is the editor of the critically acclaimed 'AX: alternative manga' (Top Shelf) , which was selected as one of the ten best comic books of 2010 by Publishers Weekly, and placed number 2 in their critics poll of books of the year, only behind Chris Ware. It was also nominated for a Harvey Award, a long established award for comic books in the USA. His graphic novel version of the classic 'A Christmas Carol' (with artists Mike Collins and David Roach) was in the Sunday Times best books list in 2008, and his version of 'Wuthering Heights' was shortlisted for a Stan Lee schools award in 2012. His collection 'Beautiful Things' won a 'best indepedent graphic novel' award in 2005. As a result of working closely with Japanese editor, Mitsuhiro Asakawa, he has given talks on Gekiga style manga and AX in the USA, UK and Japan, to try to increase knowledge of mature, literary style manga. He has received several grants from both the English arts council and the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation in support of his Japan related publications.
Latest books:
'Parecomic', Seven Stories Press, May 2013.
'The Demon's Sermon', Shambhala Publications, March, 2013.
'The Book of Five Rings', Shambhala Publications, Nov 2012.
'Sweeney Todd' adaptation, Classical Comics, Spring 2012.
'Wuthering Heights' adaptation, Classical Comics, Dec 2011.
'The Story of Lee', my original story, NBM publishing, Jan 2011.
Interests? - the 3 M's: manga, music and magick!
(or comic books, cool and consciousness - take your pick).
Info in Japanese:
ショーン・マイケル・ウィルソンは、スコットランドの首都エジンバラの出身であり、現在は日本に在住し活動している。グラフィッィク・ノベル「ANGEL OF THE WOODS」、「CHIMPIRA （MANGA MOVER）」、アワードを受賞作である“詩漫画” 「BEAUTIFUL THINGS」、「YAOI Volume One」 「A Christmas carol」 「Iraq Operation Corporate takeover」のライターである。
幼少の頃から、コミックブックを書くことは彼の夢であった。初めて出版された作品は１９９８年、ロンドンの大規模なコミックアートエキシビジョンにて展示された。「THE JAPANESE DRAWING ROOM」は英国の美術館"Bournemouth"と共同で製作された。「Iraq Operation Corporate takeover」は英国のチャリティー団体 War on Wantと共に出版された。
彼は講談社から「Hagakure」「Yakuza Moon」を出版し、イギリスのクリエーターにとっては非常に異色である、ケータイ漫画での出版に取り組んでいる。彼はまた、高く評価された「AX: alternative manga」（Top Shelf 出版）の編集者である。「AX: alternative manga」は2010年にPublishers Weekly・ベストコミックにトップ10入りし、ハーベイアワードにノミネートされた。日本の編集者・浅川満寛氏との共同作業により、ショーンは劇画スタイルの漫画と「AX: alternative manga」をアメリカ、イギリス、日本で発表し、また、成人向け･文語体漫画の普及拡大に挑戦している。 (Thanks for Japanese assistance to Kaori Kurata)
メール: Smwilson23@gmail.com
In Italian:
Sean Michael Wilson è autore di fumetti e manga nonché editor dell’antologia Ax: Alternative Manga. Tra i suoi adattamenti in
versione manga/fumetto, ricordiamo Canto di Natale di Charles Dickens, Cime tempestose di Emily Brontë e Il fantasma di Canterville di Oscar Wilde. Ha lavorato con disegnatori cinesi, giapponesi e inglesi, tra cui Mike Collins e Yishan Li. Tiene conferenze sui mature manga negli Stati Uniti e in Gran Bretagna.
http://www.etadellacquario.it/schedaLibro.asp?idLibro=282
朝日新聞 のきじ:
My first interview in Italian, in an excellent magazine for ipad, COMX DOME. Which includes a video of me (and one by Dave Gibbons too), alongside lots of other great stuff - and it's free:
https://itunes.apple.com/it/book/comx-dome/id585317968?mt=11
Visual aid
Here is a kind of visual and audio presentation about my upcoming manga books on the showme.com web site. A rather amateurish presentation by me, but I thought I would give it a bash - looking at our books THE BOOK OF FIVE RINGS, THE DEMON'S SERMON and THE 47 RONIN. The 47 ronin image shown in this is not from our book, as its not out yet, just a general one from the 1920s. Nice! Have a look/listen here for free:
http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=RLbbYPY&fb_action_ids=man_882c65cdb535d92bfb5a4c1ad7edd55016807#_=_
