Tribal member chronicles ancient tales with anime-style artwork

[Astarho]

Thought this might be of interest here.

Chickaloon tribal member chronicles ancient tales with anime-style artwork

By JOSH NIVA
Anchorage Daily News
Published: March 18th, 2005
Last Modified: March 18th, 2005 at 04:12 AM

Dimi Macheras lists the greats as his early artistic influences: Donatello. Raphael. Michelangelo. Leonardo.

Not those old dudes from the Renaissance, but those cool green guys from the sewers -- the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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Macheras knows all about giving fascinating makeovers to everyday creatures. It's his job, in many ways. He's the cultural arts director for Chickaloon Village Traditional Council and a member of the tribe. For the past two years, he's worked on a project that -- much like the Turtles -- gives old legends life through modern media. He's illustrating ancient Native stories with anime-style artwork and snagging new young fans along the way.

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[cleofus1]

1. those chickaloon people are cool

they are troublemakers and very efficiant at it too!

[NuttyFluffers]

2. Thank god I can finally reply... Wanted to say how cool this is.

sat here for essentially 1/2 a week waiting to reply to this news. i'd love to get a hold of a copy myself, sounds really cool.

i have this really neat thick comic book of south asian indian stories, mostly from the vedas or the upanishads. it was a fun read. kinda like illustrated aesop's fables from india. i found it as a really smart way to transmit and keep alive the stories that retains cultural identity to children. i think this is an idea whose time has come for the native american community. it'd be neat to see this catch on.