Love on the run.It could reasonably be argued that rock widow-cum-singer-cum-actress Courtney Love Courtney Love Cobain[1] (born Courtney Michelle Harrison on July 9 1964) is an American rock musician and Golden Globe-nominated actress. Love is best known as lead singer for the now-defunct alternative rock band Hole, and for her two-year marriage to Nirvana has led a comic book comic book Bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums. life. So it's fitting that she has finally become a comic book character. Love is working with Los Angeles-based TokyoPop Inc., a publisher of Japanese comic books, to create a title that fuses her fascination with Japanese fashion Japanese fashion consists of a mixture of both traditional and modern styles. Most of the traditional Japanese fashion has evolved to what is known as street fashion , music from her upcoming CD and elements of her personal life. "Princess Ai Princess Ai is a manga co-created by Courtney Love, Ai Yazawa, Misaho Kujiradou, and DJ Milky (a pen name for Stu Levy), and is published in English by TOKYOPOP. The story deals with an amnesiac girl named Ai who was torn from her homeland, and awakens in present-day Tokyo. ," should be released in the spring in Japan and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The Love-like central character is an on-the-run alien who becomes a famous nightclub singer in Japan, only to find that her newfound fame comes at the price of her privacy. "She's a princess from a mysterious, unknown land that escaped to our world and has taken refuge in the nightclubs of Kabushiki-cho," said Jeremy Ross, editorial director at TokyoPop. "It will tell the story of her life and adventures." Love lived in Japan as a child and has become enamored en·am·or tr.v. en·am·ored, en·am·or·ing, en·am·ors To inspire with love; captivate: was enamored of the beautiful dancer; were enamored with the charming island. of the so-called Gothic Lolita look, where an innocent-appearing girl wearing dark gothic dress will be the basis of the book's design. Ai Yazawa, a Japanese comic book artist, will do the initial character designs while Love will work with TokyoPop as a writer and designer. Love is using lyrics from the songs of her upcoming CD, "America's Sweetheart," for the story. She also plans on incorporating elements of the book's design into her album cover and wardrobe on tour. "It's a particular style just coming over to America. There's an opportunity to create East-West fusion of American artists and Japanese writers," said Ross. |
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