Last updated on October
21, 1998. hits since October, 1998.
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Shoten
was the doujinshi drawn by CLAMP in the late 1980s. Publications
were made less than quarterly a year, and here are some scans of the doujinshi
from Winter 1988 to Summer 1990. It was a rather funny production
that really get to you if you are familiar with CLAMP's early works, such
as 20 Menshou ni Onegai, CLAMP Campus Detectives, Combination, Rg Veda
and Tokyo Babylon. CLAMP had started this before the production of
Derayd,
and their art work in the doujinshi had been very much experimental.
However, by the time Tokyo Babylon was out, CLAMP had already mastered
the skill of drawing which most of us have come to love. In fact,
the final Shoten issue looks almost identical to any Tokyo Babylon product
you might come across. A note here is that CLAMP seems to develop
early the preference in exploring homosexual bondings between many of their
handsome male characters. If this would offend you, please leave now; but
then you shouldn't be considered a true CLAMP fan: homosensuality
is almost everywhere in CLAMP's works. ^_^;;
