Igor (2005)Kitamura draws with a Japanese glass pen, with tiny grooves to accommodate the ink. This creates a distinctive line that blobs now and then as it glides, giving an unmistakable character to every line. After he is sacked from the dawn chorus because he can't sing in tune, Igor goes off into the desert and builds a nest on a big rock, where he thinks nobody will hear him

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