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		series title artist//circle year size pages ISBN price features comments		n/a ga vol 01 (mono) kei garou 8/19/2007 B5 56 n/a n/a entirely b&w collection of original, rough sketch, and some parody (rozen maiden, maria ga miteru .., jigoku shoujo) work. not all the subject matter appeals to me but I am attracted to mood and style of much of his work.
		series title artist//circle year size pages ISBN price features comments		n/a ga vol 02 kei garou 12/31/2007 B5 24 n/a n/a gorgeous, moody, and morbid .. almost all color images, in watercolors that bleed.  I love this collection.
		series title artist//circle year size pages ISBN price features comments		n/a kei's gallery kei garou 2008 B5 154 9784861005749 2380 yen one of kei garou's only commercial releases, to my knowledge.  a huge collection of work, which may include works featured in previous doujin releases.  I love his style and use of colors, and how he applies it to diverse subjects and settings.  well-worth the price and a good entry to his work.
		series title artist//circle year size pages ISBN price features comments		n/a ga vol 3 kei garou 2008.12.30 (comiket 75) B5 28 n/a n/a vocaloid heavy, but lots of other images too.  I love his darker themed watercolo images best.
		series title artist//circle year size pages ISBN price features comments		touhou colophon: east of gothic kei garou 2007.05.20 A4 28 n/a n/a the touhou girls make pretty good subjects for kei also.  more dark, atmospheric, and eerie images.
		series title artist//circle year size pages ISBN price features comments		rozen maiden to the doll lovers kei garou 2006.11.04 A4 32 n/a n/a after stalking YJ for a cheaper copy of this rozen maiden artbk, I found it at k-books in akihabara for a pretty good price.  this is one of my favorite kei artbks, with gorgeous and creepy images of the rozen dolls. he uses color to great effect to punctuate the generally dark images, especially with red.
		series title artist//circle year size pages ISBN price features comments		rozen maiden lost kei garou 2008.12.30 (comiket 75) B5 28 n/a n/a I don't think this is kei's first rozen maiden work but if it's any indication, I need to find the older ones.  admittedly, dolls are a great subject for kei.  the dark images are deliciously cool and creepy, especially of suigintou.
		series title artist//circle year size pages ISBN price features comments		various: basara, k-on, vocaloid, original ga vol 04 kei garou 2009 (comiket 76) B5 26 n/a n/a kei's latest art collection. although not a major departure from anything that's come before, there seems to be more variety in the styles, from broad stroked, layered watercolors to some sharply outlined and minimally detailed work.