An Nguyen

Jane Mai

In a series of essays and comics that are at once academic and intimate, cartoonists Jane Mai and An Nguyen delve into Lolita subculture and their relationship with it. Empowering and beautiful, but also inescapably linked to consumerism, the Rococo-inspired fashion is indulgent and sublime, pretty and rotten. An Nguyen is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Ottawa, ON best known for her romantic comic series Open Spaces and Closed Places. Jane Mai is a freelance illustrator and comic artist from Brooklyn, NY. Novala Takemoto is a Japanese author, fashion designer and prominent promoter of the Lolita lifestyle.

Comics and Essays on Lolita Fashion and Cute Culture

So Pretty / Very Rotten

Giannis Milonogiannis

Freddy Carrasco

Sophia Foster-Dimino

Connor Willumsen

Wren McDonald

Jonathan Nkondo

Mushbuh

Tonči Zonjić

Kelly K.

"Gleefully weird and dead serious. Conflicting spirits don't undermine each other in the first volume of Peow Studios' ambitious anthology series Ex.Mag. Cyberpunk is about a dozen creators, about 200 pages, printed in black and green, a pulp paper pocket volume of ephemeral perfection. Heartfelt at its most processed, human at its basest. Full Metal Dreamland will delight and challenge science fiction fans."--DoomRocket.

Full metal dreamland

EX.Mag Vol. 01: Cyberpunk

"A poetic account of self-discovery and self-loathing"--Amazon.com.

Sunday in the Park with Boys

Painfully Embarrassing Otaku Weekend

P.E.O.W.

De un tiempo a esta parte las jóvenes estudiantes japonesas se han volcado en la cultura de la moda Lolita, gastándose fortunas en ropa de estilos que van del gótico al rococó buscando una estética cargada de malditismo romántico con la que se sienten maravillosas y empoderadas.

Cómics y ensayos sobre estética lolita y cultura kawaii

Bellezas malditas

See You Next Tuesday

Jane Mai

Books

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