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The '''''Looker'' illustrations''' are a series of 7 one-panel humorous illustrations by [[Yoshitoshi ABe|Yoshitoshi Abe]]. They were drawn to accompany [[Chiaki Konaka]]'s articles in ''Looker'' magazine. Two of them were never published in ''Looker'' magazine, but all seven of them can be seen in the original edition of ''[[Omnipresence in Wired| Omnipresence]]''. | The '''''Looker'' illustrations''' are a series of 7 one-panel humorous illustrations by [[Yoshitoshi ABe|Yoshitoshi Abe]]. They were drawn to accompany [[Chiaki Konaka]]'s articles in ''Looker'' magazine. Two of them were never published in ''Looker'' magazine, but all seven of them can be seen in the original edition of ''[[Omnipresence in Wired| Omnipresence]]''. Most of them contain text by Abe (signed あ or アベ). | ||
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|[[Alice]] teases a cat with her scarf. Lain stands in the far background, peeking out from behind a utility pole. | |[[Alice]] teases a cat with her scarf. Lain stands in the far background, peeking out from behind a utility pole. | ||
Abe: "In the world of Lain, Alice represents the so-called "life as usual." I believe that in order to portray the unusual, Alice's relative normalcy was essential. In pictures, unaffected spontaneity is the hardest thing to portray. | |||
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|style="text-align:center;"| 99/01 | |style="text-align:center;"| 99/01 | ||
|Title: Lain's manners lecture | |Title: "Lain's manners lecture" | ||
[[Greyn]] peeks around a door. Alice holds a pointer, indicating a poster that reads, "Properly ''atozeki''!" | [[Greyn]] peeks around a door. Alice holds a pointer, indicating a poster that reads, "Properly ''atozeki''!" | ||
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|style="text-align:center;"|Unpublished | |style="text-align:center;"|Unpublished | ||
| Alice is in the foreground looking at the viewer. In the background is Greyn peeking out from behind a UFO. | | Alice is in the foreground looking at the viewer. In the background is Greyn peeking out from behind a UFO, saying "Alice~." Abe writes something similar to his note in C. | ||
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== See Also == | |||
* [[Chibi Chibi Lain]] | |||
* [[Layers (illustrations)]] | |||
* [[Weather Break]] | |||
[[Category:Media]] | [[Category:Media]] | ||
[[category:translations]] | |||