A Smorgasbord of Hand-drawn Monsters from Asia
I do not speak or read Japanese, so I'm missing out on most of the story here -- but apparently this is a large collection of a child's drawings of yokai, or traditional Japanese folkloric monsters: Link one, Link two. We recently produced a series of Boing Boing tv episodes on this subject: part one, part two. (thanks, Darren Garrison)
UPDATE: Commenter FrankieZ says: "As far as I can read this is a collection of monsters from all the parts of the world, from America to Okinawa and Philippines, not only Japan. The author (he's not a kid) is not a professional drawer and his hobby is drawing monsters..."
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As far as I can read this is a collection of monsters from all the parts of the world, from America to Okinawa and Philippines, not only Japan. The author (he's not a kid) is not a professional drawer and his hobby is drawing monsters...
This kid has obviously tried to bomb a Shinra reactor. The man in the frame for reference (obviously an optical illusion) belies the 30ft height of the mechanical beast.
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I would love to hear more about mythical monsters from various cultures. A Pakistani friend told me about a childhood myth that still frightens him, a demon the size of a baby with charred black skin and inverted feet.
I had hoped one day to mod a crawling baby toy, rig it up with lights, sounds, and a timer, hide it under his bed, and set it to start crawling and screaming at 3am.
"I would love to hear more about mythical monsters from various cultures."
Check this one out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penanggalan
BTW, about my saying that those were children's pictures-- I can't read the Japanese, and-- well-- they sure LOOK like they were made by small children.