The Untitled Tumblr of Josh Tierney

atelier-sento:

Natsuko, page 1.

This comic is a very important project for us, at the Atelier Sentô, because it gathers many of our shared obsessions (including Japanese idols from the 80’s, Nobuhiko Obayashi’s films, remote islands and vintage sci-fi)

We hope you’ll enjoy this page despite the clumsy English translation.
More pages are coming!

Comics are perhaps the best way to fulfill your narrative dreams and celebrate your personal obsessions. You can create your perfect actors, form your perfect settings, and tell your stories exactly how you wish to — all by buying some paint and setting aside some time. The work of Atelier Sentô is a wonderful representation of this for me.

As a big fan of Olivier Pichard & Cécile Brun (who together form the Atelier Sentô), I can’t help but be excited about the sight of their linocut on the front page of Tumblr. Congratulations, Atelier Sentô!

You guys know how awesome comics are these days? Today I walked into my LCS and picked up Amala’s Blade #0 by Steve Horton and Michael Dialynas, along with Prophet #31 which features the short comic “Waveless” by Cécile Brun & Olivier Pichard of Atelier Sentô - and the main Prophet comic is drawn by Giannis Milonogiannis!

I’ve always loved issue-based series, and I have to say I’m very excited about the potential in Amala and Prophet, along with upcoming series like Reign & Catalyst Comix (both drawn by Paul Maybury) and Pretty Deadly (drawn by Emma Ríos).

If you haven’t been to your LCS in a while, now’s a great time to take a look at what’s out there.

(Click to enlarge!)

Here’s a sample of every artist in Archaia’s Spera: Vol. 1. From top to bottom, they are:

Afu Chan

Kyla Vanderklugt

Hwei Lin Lim

Emily Carroll

Olivier Pichard

Jordyn Bochon

Cécile Brun

Luke Pearson

Leela Wagner

Matt Marblo

Don Cocor

Paul Maybury

Jack Teagle

Sam Beck

Gigi Digi

Spera: Vol. 1 is available wherever books are sold, including online retailers such as Amazon.

atelier-sento:

Fumiya Hazama, our assistant director, eating some konnyaku during a break, on the set of 3 Old Gods.

Yû Shrine, Yahiko Forest - photo by Cécile, using a Holga 120GN.
Watch the film on youtube : English - Français - 日本語

atelier-sento:

Walking to the set of 3 Old Gods.
Yû Shrine, Yahiko Forest - photo by Cécile, using a Holga 120GN.

Watch the film on youtube : English - Français - 日本語

atelier-sento:

Best wishes from the Atelier Sentô!

atelier-sento:

Cigarette break - Kôsuke Baba on the set of 3 Old Gods
Yû Shrine, Yahiko Forest - photo by Cécile, using a Holga 120GN.

Watch the film on youtube : English - Français - 日本語

atelier-sento:

Waveless, our short sci-fi comic, will be available tomorrow, as a bonus, in Prophet #31 (story by Brandon Graham, art by Giannis Milonogiannis).

It was our first work at the Atelier Sentô. We hope you’ll like that strange little adventure.

Can’t wait!

atelier-sento:

Shooting 3 Old Gods.
Yahiko Forest near Yû Shrine, photo by Cécile, using a Holga 120GN.

3 Old Gods is a short film about three supposed, forgotten gods in a Japanese forest.
It is directed by the Sentô Team, written by Josh Tierney and shot in a Japanese forest with a Japanese crew. The soundtrack is composed by Giannis Milonogiannis and the end title song by the Osaka band Yoo-hoos. 

Watch it on youtube : English - Français - 日本語
Feel free to share your thoughts about the film with us!