Comments on: Otomo Katsuhiro Artwork – Kaba

By: Bob Homes

Bob Homes — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:59:06 +0000

Whoa, what a great artist! I especially like the hover bikes…so much freakin’ detail!

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:48:27 +0000

Has there ever been counterfeit versions of this book?

By: Drucifer

Drucifer — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 06:33:40 +0000

I own Kaba. It was published during the run of Akira here in the united states. I can say that the way Otomo creates stories about the way our mundane lives intersect with the devine and surreal shaped my entire consciousness as a writer (you guys are watching re runs of my work and have no idea I wrote them! Hee hee!)

Kaba has some short work in it, particularly a short story about soldiers fighting off mechanized killer robots that absolutely blew my mind. it’s called “A Farewell to Arms” and culminates with a lonely absurd shot of an unarmed man demanding the attention of the killer bureaucratic robot that just dismissed him as a threat because he no longer has a weapon. The robot just
walks away from the man, rendering his outrage completely impotent, and more tragic.

There is simply too much awesome work in Kaba to describe. There are MODELS of his artwork made in plastic and resin and fur! It’s one of my prized possesions, along with the Original red bound Disney book The Illusion of Life.

Otomo shaped me in incredible ways. Will always be grateful.

By: alex

alex — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:55:55 +0000

I own this book. It is by far one of my favorites. Kaba is not easy to find these days, so if any of you see it out there grab it. Highly recommended!!

By: Renze

Renze — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:08:38 +0000

I bought Kaba many years ago just after I had seen Akira (which was already out for at least a decide haha).. I stumbled upon it in the famous comic shop Lambiek in Amsterdam. They were pretty proud to have that book, but I basically put down all the money I had at the time (teen, always strapped for cash) and bought the book. I never regretted it, and it’s still one of my most cherished books..
I’m not a collector or anything, but there’s just something in his works that utterly compels me. Since then I managed to find a couple of small color Akira volumes from Epic (US) and even one of the colored big volumes (volume one ). Only years later I was finally able to read Akira in its entirety after Dark Horse republished it. Still, Kaba is an amazing book, if you have any doubts if you should buy it, just do it ok?