Monster Maker: The Strange Creatures of Mark Nagata Trade Book (Hardcover)

Written by Debbi Michiko Florence | Illustrated by Inko Ai Takita

This biography follows Mark Nagata's journey from his childhood love of drawing Japanese Kaiju characters to becoming a world-renowned artist creating his own monsters, loved by collectors all over the world.

  1. Hardcover
    Price $18.95
Price $18.95

Full Description

This biography follows Mark Nagata's journey from his childhood love of drawing Japanese Kaiju characters to becoming a world-renowned artist creating his own monsters, loved by collectors all over the world.

Product Details
  • Sku WW - NL7219
  • Series Reycraft Books
  • Product Variation National
  • Language English
  • Lexile level 670L
  • Genre Biography
Awards
Author & Illustrator
  • Debbi Michiko Florence

    Debbi Michiko Florence is the author of more than 25 books for young people, including the Jasmine Toguchi chapter book series. A third-generation Japanese American, Debbi grew up in Los Angeles and loved watching TV shows and movies of Ultraman and Godzilla as a child. Today, she lives in Connecticut with her husband and two rescue dogs and has a growing collection of Mark Nagata's kaiju.

  • Inko Ai Takita

    Inko Ai Takita is a distinguished manga artist from Japan currently living in the United Kingdom. Her published manga, including Tale Of Genji Manga Edition, and the award-winning Portrait of Violence, have been critically acclaimed. Her illustrative contributions to the online theatre Flight Paths earned recognition at the Superfest Disability Film Festival 2021.

Reviews

“With a focus on his huge grin and the wildly loud colors of his bulbous creations, illustrator Takita tracks Nagata's artistic progression from colored pencil to airbrush and on to celebrity-guest appearances at fan conventions. Florence . . .  enhances her admiring account by introducing many of his popular creations, acknowledging other designers with whom he collaborated, and describing how his sofubi (soft vinyl) figures are manufactured. Goosebumps readers . . . will recognize his style from the many covers he painted.”

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