Description

My first Self Published Zine, First in a series of 5 or 6! - 1st Edition, Short Run Print! - 24 pages, 20 Yokai info-blurbs! - Comes with optional stickers! My goal: Draw 100 Yokai; Monsters, Ghosts, Cryptids, Myths and Folklore (and adjacent subjects) starting with Japan - Make them into sweet stickers and have a fun time doing so!! - This is more or less an "in a nutshell bestiary" with short n sweet descriptions of the monsters I've drawn so far!'



• What are yokai? •

"yōkai" 妖怪, – are supernatural monsters, ghosts, spirits & demons from Japanese folklore. - The kanji combination of two different words roughly meaning "bewitching; attractive; calamity"; and "spectre; apparition; mysterious; suspicious". - The term "yokai" can cover just about anything from ghosts, demons, to the generally unexplained, emotional, paranormal to even divine phenomena!! - Sometimes modern day Cryptids & UMA (Unidentified mysterious animals.) also fall under this umbrella term. - Youkai can be horrific terrors or even just plain silly or sweet, sometimes they'll even bring good fortune to those that cross their paths!



• Hyakki Yagyo: or "The Night Parade of 100 demons" is a Japanese Legend when all the Yokai (demons, ghosts and monsters) parade through town causing mayhem, mischief and chaos. It's said that the monsters can only be stopped when you say a magical spell: KA-TA-SHI-HA-YA, E-KA-SE-NI-KU-RI-NI, TA-ME-RU-SA-KE, TE-E-HI, A-SHI-E-HI, WA-RE-SHI-KO-NI-KE-RI (カタシハヤ, エカセニクリニ, タメルサケ, テエヒ, アシエヒ, ワレシコ) - it has been interpreted dozens of times over the ages, with well over 1000 years of history and dozens of ancient picture scrolls, books, etc - My 'zine series was largely inspired by Toriyama Sekiens: The Illustrated Night Parade of a Hundred Demons" (1776) – but this zine covers yokai and legends not included in those books as well, so its more of a general bestiary.



• Issue #1 includes:

Kasa-Obake. - "The Umbrella Ghost"

Chochin-Obake. – "Lamp Spooks."

Abura-Sumashi. – "The Oil Presser."

Kappa Facts! - "All About Kappa."

Tsuchinoko. - "The Fat Snake."

Yuki-Onna. - "The Snow Woman."

Wanyudo. - "HELL !"

Gyuki. (Ushi-Oni) - "Spider-Cow"

Nure-Onna - "the Wet Woman

Shirime. - "Butt Eye"

Hajikkaki. - "Dig me up"

Akaname. - "Red faced Filth Licker"

Keukegen - "Dusty doggy"

Nuppeppo. - "Stinky!!"

BetoBetosan - "Mr foot steps!"

Isogashi - "Busy!~BUSY!!!"

UmiBozu - "Ocean Giants"

Gashadokuro - "The sound of scraping bones."

Otoroshi - "Drops down."

CharmTime: "All about Daruma Dolls"



Expect another issue to come out once I finish 20 more Yokai! - Stickers included are self published, hand cut and weatherproof (you can also buy them individually through my shop<3)



• A Digital version of the zine is available via my patreon: Patreon.com/samkalensky [supporting me there also lets you see HD versions of future yokai and bio's as I finish them.]



[All Proceeds will go directly into Self Publishing Future Issues, Research + Drawing more Yokai.] - I hope you enjoy my parade!