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I racconti di questo volume sono al tempo stesso inquietanti e ironici, come ad esempio Il proiezionista, o proprio Piranha.
Una raccolta che segna, ben trent’anni prima della nascita del graphic novel, un punto di svolta per il fumetto mondiale, toccando argomenti forti e maturi rappresentati con grande cura dal maestro del fumetto drammatico nipponico.
Una raccolta che segna, ben trent’anni prima della nascita del graphic novel, un punto di svolta per il fumetto mondiale, toccando argomenti forti e maturi rappresentati con grande cura dal maestro del fumetto drammatico nipponico.
202 pages
First published January 1, 1969
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Yoshihiro Tatsumi
49 books301 followersYoshihiro Tatsumi (辰巳 ヨシヒロ Tatsumi Yoshihiro, June 10, 1935 in Tennōji-ku, Osaka) was a Japanese manga artist who was widely credited with starting the gekiga style of alternative comics in Japan, having allegedly coined the term in 1957.
His work has been translated into many languages, and Canadian publisher Drawn and Quarterly have embarked on a project to publish an annual compendium of his works focusing each on the highlights of one year of his work (beginning with 1969), edited by American cartoonist Adrian Tomine. This is one event in a seemingly coincidental rise to worldwide popularity that Tomine relates to in his introduction to the first volume of the aforementioned series. Tatsumi received the Japan Cartoonists Association Award in 1972. In 2009, he was awarded the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for his autobiography, A Drifting Life. The same work garnered him multiple Eisner awards (Best Reality-Based Work and Best U.S. Edition of International Material–Asia) in 2010 and the regards sur le monde award in Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2012.
A full-length animated feature on the life and short stories of Yoshihiro Tatsumi was released in 2011. The film, Tatsumi, is directed by Eric Khoo.
Source: Wikipedia
His work has been translated into many languages, and Canadian publisher Drawn and Quarterly have embarked on a project to publish an annual compendium of his works focusing each on the highlights of one year of his work (beginning with 1969), edited by American cartoonist Adrian Tomine. This is one event in a seemingly coincidental rise to worldwide popularity that Tomine relates to in his introduction to the first volume of the aforementioned series. Tatsumi received the Japan Cartoonists Association Award in 1972. In 2009, he was awarded the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for his autobiography, A Drifting Life. The same work garnered him multiple Eisner awards (Best Reality-Based Work and Best U.S. Edition of International Material–Asia) in 2010 and the regards sur le monde award in Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2012.
A full-length animated feature on the life and short stories of Yoshihiro Tatsumi was released in 2011. The film, Tatsumi, is directed by Eric Khoo.
Source: Wikipedia
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June 18, 2018
Depressing and dumbfounding read about the meaninglessness of life during post-war Japan's economic boom. This is a collection of mostly 8-page short stories, and while some of them made a bit of an impact on me, others did not. An essential read from the godfather of 'noir manga', perhaps, but in general I found the stories to be too similar, and the sheer number of them created a numbness in me that subtracted from the overall experience. And what's with all the preposterous female characters?
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