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Tokyo Ghost #2 p.20

Artist: Sean Murphy (All)

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Artwork Details

Title:	Tokyo Ghost #2 p.20
Artist:	Sean Murphy (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	354
Likes on CAF:	16 17
Favorited on CAF:	3
Comments:	21
Added to Site:	10/31/2023
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Description

Tokyo Ghost! I finally managed to nab a page from one of my all-time favorite series. Whenever any non-comic fan asks me to recommend a book to start with, TG is my choice. It's a sci-fi masterpiece that maestros Remender and Murphy conjured, filled with romance, extreme violence, satire, dystopian tech, samurai, nature, motorcycles and dongs. That's right, dongs. Equal opportunity nudity, very progressive. So what's not to like? Nothing, it's all great. Should be taught in schools.

In this particular page we see beastly constable Led/Teddy and nimble Debbie chasing a samurai along sturdy vines. I drool at the use of macro and micro in this page. Sean Murphy zooms us in on Teddy hanging on to a brave little root, then zooms out to the samurai ZZZZZZZing away in gorgeous panel 2. Then a brilliant reuse of the layout of panel 1 to show Debbie trodding on Teddy in hot pursuit, followed by 2 same size small panels, yet one used to show her jump and the other to zoom in on her crucial vine grab. The last panel is my favorite, using vine diagonals established prior to continue the chase, but not without the coolest samurai landing ever depicted.

Sean Murphy! Round of applause for this guy.

Thanks Andrew!

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Joined:	July 2021
Last Login:	September 2025
Country:	UNITED STATES
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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 10/31/2023

A thrill a second with how fast paced this chase is going! SGM uses the legs very well as they generate the momentum of the story. They even stretch across the page like in panel 3 since we've gotten accustomed to the widescreen layout.

Paul Martini
Member Since 2021

1 - Posted on 11/1/2023

Marcus Wai wrote:

A thrill a second with how fast paced this chase is going!� SGM uses�the legs very well as they generate the momentum of the story.� They�even stretch�across the page like in panel 3 since we've gotten accustomed to the widescreen layout.

One might say the story...has legs? Eh???

Joe A
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 10/31/2023

A great storytelling page with beautiful backgrounds. I think this Murphy guy has a future. Congrats!

Eric B
Member Since 2008

2 - Posted on 10/31/2023

LOVE this page. Every panel is gold! Congrats Paul.

Kin Wong
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 10/31/2023

Love Tokyo Ghost (the one SGM series I really wish I had a piece from), and this is a stellar page. A great action sequence with some well-placed sound effect text to heighten (and deflate) the tension of the scene. Congrats!

Paul Martini
Member Since 2021

1 - Posted on 11/1/2023

Kin Wong wrote:

Love Tokyo Ghost (the one SGM series I really wish I had a piece from), and this is a stellar page.� A great action sequence with some well-placed sound effect text to heighten (and deflate) the tension of the scene.� Congrats!

Thankzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

artless artmore
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 11/1/2023

Great action and design in this page! Love the poses, expressions, and aggressive cropping of the images in each panel. SGM's storytelling is amazing

Steve . M
Member Since 2017

2 - Posted on 11/1/2023

WOW!!!!! One of my favorite pages from one of my favorite books. Sean recently mentioned TG as having a cult following... Everything in your description explains why the book keeps selling as a trade and why the art is hard to shake from collectors hands. Congratulations!

Paul Martini
Member Since 2021

1 - Posted on 11/1/2023

Steve . M wrote:

We ARE that cult Steve! Should we make T-Shirts? Debbie Decay bootie shorts?

Yo Kuri
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 11/1/2023

Beautiful choreography! Poetry in motion

George H
Member Since 2009

Posted on 11/1/2023

Fantastic find! Congrats on the addition.

Andrew G
Member Since 2022

1 - Posted on 11/1/2023

It's a great page, Paul! Glad you enjoy it and big congrats adding it to your nifty SGM collection :)

Paul Martini
Member Since 2021

Posted on 11/1/2023

Andrew G wrote:

It's a great page, Paul! Glad you enjoy it and big congrats adding it to your nifty�SGM collection :)

Again, many thanks Andrew!

Evan Atherton
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 11/3/2023

Welcome to the club my friend! Such a beautiful page!!

Paul Martini
Member Since 2021

Posted on 11/5/2023

Evan Atherton wrote:

Welcome to the club my friend! Such a beautiful page!!

Thank you!! Happy to be here :)

M Y-C
Member Since 2012

1 - Posted on 11/3/2023

Finally you pick up one :)

congrats my friend

Paul Martini
Member Since 2021

Posted on 11/5/2023

M Y-C wrote:

Finally you pick up one :)

congrats my friend

Finally! :)

M L
Member Since 2015

1 - Posted on 11/6/2023

What a beauty! I only recently (finally) read this series and thoroughly enjoyed it. Congrats on achieving this superlative page!

Paul Martini
Member Since 2021

Posted on 11/6/2023

M L wrote:

What a beauty! I only recently (finally) read this series and thoroughly enjoyed it. Congrats on achieving this superlative page!�

Thanks! I just reread as well. So good! So relevant. Even more dongs than I remember.

Michael 07
Member Since 2011

1 - Posted on 1/8/2024

Fantastic page!!!

Kavi H
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 5/20/2025

An awesome example from what still is to me his best work, kudos and congrats!

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