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CONTENTS
SKIRMISH ONE
WELCOME TO OUR MONKEY HOUSE .5
SKIRMISH TWO
mVING THE ROAD TO HELL .27
SKIRMISH THREE
CAT AND RAT AND DOG AND CITY .49
SKIRMISH FOUR
BEWARE OF MIDNIGHT STROLLS .71
SKIRMISH FIVE
GETTING WILDER NOW, GETTING STTIONGER NOW .89
SKIRMISH SIX
THE BEST OF TIMES, THE WORST OF TIMES .... .107
SKIRMISH SEVEN
WHFTE CRIES . 125
SKIRMJSH EIGHT
CITY OF BLOOD, NIGHT OF STABS ,143
SKIRMISH NINE
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SKIRMISH ELEVEN
TREASURE TOWN WALTZ .197
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
TAIYO MATSUMOTO
DATE OF BIRTH 1967 :
Matsumoto made his manga debut in Matsumoto: Driving, computer games, and
Afternoon with the short story Straight. At Q: What's your plan for your next title?
the tender age of 22, he traveled throughout Matsumoto: I'd like to draw a manga about
France to perform artistic research. Heavily a young boy who meets a monster. The story
influenced by the French comics he studied would follow their relationship from begin-
dramatically to the uniqoe. alternative look (1 Name your three favorite American comic
serial entitled Zero, which appeared in Big work. I don't know much more about
Comic Spirits. His next series, entitled American comics. But I like Snoopy
Hanao. explored the relationship between a Q: What do you think of the American
('Tekkonkinkurilo" in the original Japanese, and cool. European comics seem very intel-
a play on words meaning "a concrete struc- lectual. And Japanese comics ate very light-
ture with an iron frame"). hearted If you could combine the best of all
d What made you decide to became a pro- dous work. That's my goal.
fessional comic book artist? Q: What message do you have for your
Otomo so much that it made me want to Matsumoto: I don't know much about
become a comic creator myself. American comics. I only know the very
Q: If you hadn't become a comic artist, what famous superheroes, like the X-Men I would
profession would you have chosen? appreciate it if you would write to me and
Matsumoto: I would have wanted to be a recommend some American comics.
children's booi< illustrator. IPIease address any mail to Mr. Matsumoto
Q: What are your current interests & hob- c/o PULP. Viz Comics. PO. Box 77010, San