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Anonymous, on Jul 7, 2009 wrote:
so what you’re saying is that it’s not allowed to use computers for comics? bullshit.
Anonymous, on Jul 7, 2009 wrote:
>>I guess the Japanese arent THAT smart after all huh?

the japanese are never that smart, the greatest proof to this statement is that a racist eugenicist from AT&T labs invented the transistor and the Japanese, known as sony, applied that technology and mass produced radios.

Kago does the same thing, he took a software made by an american company (illustrator, adobe) and played with the mesh tools to make this.


Anonymous, on Jul 6, 2009 wrote:
I guess the Japanese arent THAT smart after all huh?
Anonymous, on Jul 6, 2009 wrote:
Money’s no issue for Banksy, trust me.
Anonymous, on Jul 5, 2009 wrote:
this sucks ass, i like johnny ryan 1000 times better
Anonymous, on Jul 5, 2009 wrote:
this seems like something banksy would try in real life if he got the money.
Anonymous, on Jul 4, 2009 wrote:
its your lives...the translations are meaningless without the individual actually relating to it...
captain cheesepuff, on Jun 30, 2009 wrote:
i would need a several dramamines before i boarded this magical mystery tour. sheesh.
Anonymous, on Jun 30, 2009 wrote:
And the title is reeeeaaaaally hard to translate. Something like ’As it starts to get hot, even the tracks grow without end’.
Anonymous, on Jun 30, 2009 wrote:
He has used different characters, all homonyms of his name, and none of them the real characters for the city of Kagoshima (&#40575;&#20816;&#23798;) He’s punning. The subsitute characters he’s used don’t have any particular meaning really, I think he is just putting himself into the picture.
chickenhead, on Jun 25, 2009 wrote:
i don’t think they’re meant to board the train. my interpretation of this thing is japanese society and the whole "salary man" life of slaving for a company only to be unhappy, without being able to move up or advance. basically living the life of a drone. or of course i could be completely wrong.
Anonymous, on Jun 25, 2009 wrote:
How are they supposed to board the train?
Anonymous, on Jun 25, 2009 wrote:
making scale models of kago’s comics would be something i’d like to see someone give a shot. this one would be great. and the one with the buildings and meat grinder.
komodo, on Jun 25, 2009 wrote:
this is how the mind of a d.c. train operator works. so mad about that. how difficult is it to keep two trains going the opposite ways off the same track.
Anonymous, on Jun 25, 2009 wrote:
Kago has made me a believer. I think I like them better without knowing the translations. The last one with the kids and the television screen was my favorite yet.
Anonymous, on Jun 23, 2009 wrote:
can anyone translate the text? this is some of kago’s best.

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