Goodbye h/c back

Tatsumi, who is still producing comics in Japan today, is a master of the short story and I'm sure it comes as no surprise that he was an influence on Adrian Tomine, who is assisting with the translation of these tomes. Tatsumi' s so prolific that this merely contains the best of his work from 1971-72 as it would be an impossible task to catalogue everything he's ever done.

We still stock the fantastic previous collections PUSH MAN and ABANDON THE OLD IN TOKYO in stock at £12-99 each.

"Some of the tales focus on the devastation the country felt directly as a result of World War II: a prostitute loses all hope when American G.I.s go home to their wives; a man devotes twenty years of his life to preserving the memory of those killed at Hiroshima, only to discover a horrible misconception at the heart of his tribute. Yet, while American influence does play a role in the disturbing and bizarre stories contained within this volume, it is hardly the overriding theme. A philanthropic foot fetishist, a rash-ridden retiree and a lonely public onanist are but a few of the characters etching out darkly nuanced lives in the midst of isolated despair and fleeting pleasure."