ペコポコ

by Machiko Kyo, 今日マチ子

「あ。これ、わたし」――。ペコとポコは双子のきょうだい。ママのメイクを真似してみたり、ワイルドなヒゲに憧れてみたり、恋について悩んでみたり、女の子の裸にドキドキしてみたり……。知りたいこと、やりたいことが、山盛りな毎日。これは、はやく大人になりたかった、あの頃のあなたの物語。手塚治虫文化賞新生賞受賞の新鋭・今日マチ子の最新作。

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Published July 22, 2014

About the author

Machiko Kyo (今日マチ子, Kyo Machiko) is a Japanese cartoonist and illustrator from Tokyo. She was born in 1980 and graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts.
Her daily one-page manga blog Sennen Gaho started in 2004 and was published as a book in 2008, attracting much attention. Among her comics are the slice-of-life series Mikako-san (2009-2013), the WWII drama Cocoon (2010) and the post-apocalyptic Mitsuami no Kami-sama (2011-2013). The latter was adapted into a short animated film in 2015 by the studio Production I.G., winning more than twenty awards around the world. In 2014, Machiko Kyo received the 18th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Award.
In addition to manga, she is also involved in a wide range of illustration and essay projects. Her war-themed picture book Ichigo Sensō received the 2015 Japan Cartoonists Association Award's Grand Priz. Her other illustration books include Essential, Distance and From Tokyo.