(from Ronin: Book Two, September 1983; by Frank Miller & Lynn Varley)
Ronin becomes a lot less impressive after one realizes the working title of the series was “Frank Miller Spent a Long Weekend Reading Lone Wolf and Cub and Akira.”
Recommended listening: Beg for it.
August 8th, 2011 - 8:57 am
Check your dates.
Ronin was published in 1983-1984. Akira started in Japan in 1982, but wasn’t published in English until 1988.
August 8th, 2011 - 10:56 am
Check TCJ and other Miller interviews from the era, where he discusses the influence of untranslated manga on the development of his style.