New Year's edition of "Bird Land Press" (1984/01), ft Toriyama's illustration of titular Pink of "Pink!" fame. Her gun pose is described as valiantly cute.
T. was busy enough to make his hand stiffen, requiring a warm poultice he affixed to grind the remainder with pure grit.
Toriyama's CI for WSJ, No. 28 (1989/06/13).
It really evokes the feel of a "decisive battle" against Vegeta, eh? You'll soon believe it, alongside the characters, as your hands heat up gripping the pages, trying to follow its quick pacing...!
(SN: Marketing speech is awful.)
Toriyama's illustration of "Shadow Lady", featured in Katsura's 30th Anniversary artbook (2011/06/30).
As I've tweeted before, they're notably good friends. Toriyama depicts the titular character through a "retro Hollywood movie poster", likely emulating Katsura's aesthetic.
@datspardauser I always got receipts
(I actually forgot to paste this lol - no redos on Twitter)
The original full color title page for Dragon Ball's 4th chapter (WSJ #03, 1985, released 1984/12/11).
The vehicle seems to be the "Honda CR250R", advertised by Jeremy McGrath and notably available in plastic model form.
Interestingly, the logo loses its pizzazz in re-releases.
「オラのありったけをぶつけてやる!」
"I'm gonna hit ya with everything I got!"
「こっからが本気と本気の勝負だ!!」
"Now we can REALLY fight all out!!"
「悪いな。勝負は こっからだ！」
"My bad, the real fight's startin' now!"
-S26-
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