Kawashima Norikazu

Official english title included in afterword of "Her Frankenstein" (Frankenstein no Otoko) Poor little Noriko gets terribly bullied everyday at school, one day, when she comes home her shadow starts talking to her... it has gained a life of its own!! And now her bloodthirsty shadow seeks only one thing... MURDER!!!!! Lots of craniums get smashed in this highly visceral work by the mysterious and prolific Kawashima Norikazu, who perfectly represents the pulpy and bloody nightmares of 80s horror manga!!

Dare to read the psycho-horror classic that horror manga master Ito Junji called a "frightening but moving story about an unfortunate individual who, lost in search of his true self, finds his own annihilation instead." Little Tetsuo is a wimpy mess. His parents don't love him. He meets the beautiful Kimiko, an ailing teenage girl obsessed with movies and mayhem in equal amounts. She doesn't love Tetsuo either, or anyone other than herself. But she needs him. So Tetsuo becomes the man she wants--the monster she wants. He becomes HER FRANKENSTEIN! Originally published in 1986, Kawashima Norikazu's HER FRANKENSTEIN marks the bizarre and sadomasochistic finale to a cult era in Japanese horror comics. A few years after it was published, the author burned all of his artwork and abandoned Tokyo, never to be heard from again! HER FRANKENSTEIN is the inaugural volume of SMUDGE, a line of pulp, horror, and dark mystery manga, curated and translated into English by award-winning historian Ryan Holmberg.

A decapitated head, psychic powers, departed souls, madness, birds— Kawashima's favorite motifs are here condensed and crafted into a brilliant work that can probably be called his masterpiece.