And umami, winner of the 2019 eisner award for best digital comic. He was nominated for the eisner and the eagle awards for his work on i kill giants (2009), with script by joe kelly. I kill giants, umami, never open it & more.
[Digi-Gra] Akari Niimura Akari Niimura/Akira Niimura Photoset 01 Photobook - V2PH
The original comic book edition of i kill giants introduced readers to the beautiful artwork of ken niimura, which mixed american, japanese and european influences into something unique and irresistible.
At the crossroad of japanese, european and american comics, ken niimura has developed a dynamic, vibrant and humorous style of his own
He has produced work within the spanish, north american and japanese comic book markets Niimura was born and grew up in madrid, spain He graduated in fine arts at the complutense university of madrid. “henshin” means transformation, and all 13 stories show how choices and events — whether momentous or seemingly insignificant — can change the lives of his protagonists.
José maría ken niimura del barrio is an artist with spanish and japanese origins, born in 1981 in madrid He is licensed in fine arts and has published his comics, illustrations, articles and interviews in several books, magazines and fanzines. Born from a spanish father and a japanese mother He won the 5th edition of the international manga awards organized by the ministry of foreign affairs of japan