From: kishik@parkcity.ne.jp   
      
    wrote in message news:1152288710.077654.7   
   560@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...   
   > Hey, I'm having a blast with Tezuka's Buddha! Does anyone know what   
   > that pig-like thing that keeps showing up in Tezuka's mangas is   
   > supposed to be?   
   > It even shows up on the front of the American version of Buddha vol 3.   
   >   
   > Jasper   
   >   
      
   Hyoutan-tsugi [patched gourd]. Just a scribble for a comic relief.   
      
   --   
         / Ishikawa Kazuo /   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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