My site has been pretty quiet for a while now, due to me working on yokai paintings. Last year at this time I would be restarting the A-Yokai-A-Day project for the month of October, but the fact that I am doing this book means that the past A-Yokai-A-Day projects were successful enough. ๐
Of course if you’re a backer of my Kickstarter project you’ve been getting a new yokai almost every day in your mailbox since July, when I started for painting this project. Now I am entering month 4 of non-stop daily yokai painting, and I have crossed the halfway point, with over 60 of the 100 final images completed. Right on schedule! Only 2 months left to go…
In the meantime, while I can’t show my new yokai paintings on my blog just yet (that’s private for backers of the project), I can show the other art I’m working on at the same time. Here is last month’s issue of Kounotori Ecchan no Eco-na Hanashi. It continues August’s theme of properly disposing of non-burnable garbage, and features a Fukui prefecture staple: the Echizen crab! If your wondering if Japan’s garbage disposal system is really so complicated that it takes months of comic strips just to explain it, the answer is YES!
I also did a tsukimi (moon-viewing) Ecchan for the footer text, which you can see to the left!
Anyway, here is the comic, and the English translation:
Panel 1: ้ถๅจใชใฉใใ็ใใใชใใดใใใ ใ๏ผ
Ceramic-ware is unburnable garbage!
Panel 2: ๅฒใใฆใชใใฆใใๆฐ่็ดใชใฉใซๅ
ใใง้ๆใฎใดใ่ขใซใใญใฑใณใใจๆธใใ๏ผ
Even if it’s not broken, wrap it up in newspaper and put it in a clear plastic bag marked “Dangerous!”
Panel 3: ใดใ ใ็ฎใฎ่ฃฝๅใใ็ใใใชใใดใใ๏ผ
Rubber and leather are also unburnable garbage!
Panel 4:ย ใดใใ็ดฐใใใใๆฉๆขฐใซใฒใฃใใใใชใใใใ้ทใใดใใฏ้ฉๅฝใซๅใฃใฆใญ๏ผ
Cut long items up into small enough pieces that they won’t get caught in the trash processing machines!