Sakabashira Imiri

The most horrific and mysterious rumors and urban legends to lurk in the darkness of modern times! A spine-chilling omnibus of horror!• Kashima-san ~Do you have legs?~ by TAIMU (カシマさん~足いる?~) • The Cow Woman's Screams by Noroi Michiru (牛女の叫び) • The Slit-Mouth Girl by Miyako Cojima (口裂ける乙女) • The Reason Behind the Man-Face-Dog by Kazuichi Hanawa (人面犬の生まれる理由) • Hell's Messenger in the Red Cloack by Neneko (地獄の使者赤マント) • The Shadows from Another World by Takeshi Saitou (異界からの影) • The Goatman's Large Fire by Amano Akihiko (ゴートマンの大真火) • The Jumping Fiend! Spring Heel Jack by Shuukou Sato (跳躍怪人バネ足ジャック) • Mothman ~Cursed Chain~ by Sakabashira Imiri (モスマン~呪いの連鎖~) • The Poison Gas Fiend! Mad Gasser by Iga Kazuhiro (毒ガス怪人マッドガッサー)

Ax is the premier Japanese magazine for alternative comics, heir to the legendary Garo. Published bi-monthly since 1998, the pages of Ax contain the most innovative, experimental, and personal works in contemporary manga - the flourishing underground of the world’s largest comics industry. Ax has always published manga outside of the more commercial market and not followed manga conventions, thus the titles appearing in this magazine do NOT fall under any of the basic demographics (shoujo/shounen/seinen/josei). This landmark English publication volume includes work by 33 artists: The Watcher by Osamu Kanno Love's Bride by Yoshihiro Tatsumi Conch of the Sky by Imiri SAKABASHIRA Rooftop Elegy by Takao Kawasaki Inside the Gourd by Ayuko Akiyama Me by Shigehiro Okada Push Pin Woman by Katsuo Kawai A Broken Soul by Nishioka Kyodai Into Darkness by Takato Yamamoto Enrique Kobayashi's El Dorado by Toranosuke Shimada The Neighbor by Yuka Goto 300 Years by Mimiyo Tomozawa Black Sushi Party Piece by Takashi Nemoto Puppy Love by Yusaku Hanakuma The Brilliant Ones by Namie Fujieda The Hare and the Tortoise by Mitsuhiko Yoshida The Twin Adults (Two Stories) by Kotobuki Shiriagari Haiku Manga (Two Stories) by Shinbo Minami Mushroom Garden by Shinya Komatsu Home Drama: The Sugawara Family by Einosuke A Well-Dressed Corpse by Yuichi Kiriyama Arizona Sizzler by Yunosuke Saito The Rainy Day Blouse & The First Umbrella by Akino Kondo Stand by Me by Tomohiro Koizumi My Old Man & Me by Shin'ichi Abe Up and Over by Seiko Erisawa The Song of Mr. H. by Shigeyuki Fukumitsu Kataoka Toyo Pathos Theater (2 Stories) by TOUYOU Kataoka Kosuke Okada and His 50 Sons by Hideyasu Moto Les Raskolnikov by Keizo Miyanishi Alraune Fatale by Hiroji Tani Sacred Light by Otoya Mitsuhashi Six Paths of Wealth by Kazuichi Hanawa

Enter the strange world of Imiri Sakabashira whose denizens are zoomorphic creatures that emerge from one another as well as their equally bizarre environs. The Box Man follows its protagonists along a scooter trip through a complex landscape that oscillates between a dense city, a countryside simplified to near abstraction, and hybrids of the two; the theme of hybridity permeates throughout. One is unsurprised to encounter a creature that is half elderly man, half crab or a flying frog in this world where our guide apparent is an anthropomorphic, mollusk-like cat. Sakabashira weaves this absurdist tale in a seamless tapestry constructed of elements as seemingly disparate as Japanese folklore, pop culture, and surrealism. Within these panels, it becomes difficult to distinguish between the animate and the inanimate, the real and the imagined, a tension that adds a layer of complexity to this near-wordless psychedelic travelogue.

Silent and taciturn, a cat demon wanders through the world of the world of humans, meeting creatures as monstrous as they are desperate. as monstrous as desperate. Mixing references to Japanese mythology and surrealist quotations, this collection of short stories gives a glimpse gives a glimpse of the author's graphic acuity. Humor humor, disillusioned cynicism or dreamlike, all rendered by a black line black line, it is all the force of the author which appears in NekoKappa.

A fantastic story about a girl and a Kappa who are supposed to go to town for a job interview, but accidentally find themselves in charge of cooking on an octopus fishing submarine whose crew is made up of Kappa...

A one-eyed cat goes on the lam after his company goes bankrupt.

You’ve never seen manga like this before! No annoying speed lines or sappy, neotenic eyeballs here — just pure Japanese counterculture. This anthology of contemporary underground comics from Japan features a wide variety of styles and topics ranging from the humorous to the profound. There’s a whole world of comics out there, and it’s not all Godzilla and schoolgirls! A great introduction to the other Japanese comics featuring Asia’s answers to Robert Crumb, Dan Clowes, and Chester Brown! List of included Oneshots: "Horse Horse Tiger Tiger" by Imiri Sakabashira "A Hooker's Room" by Naoto Yamakawa "Kisses" by Kiriko Nananan "Kitty Court Drama" by Nekojiru "What a Mixed Up World!" by Yasuji Tanioka "Million Dollars" by Yoshiharu Mitsumoto "The Abalone Cat" by Naoki and Shunichi Karasawa. Source: Fantagraphics

Part 1 is from Garo Semptember 1991, part 2 is fom Garo November 1992. Under Imiri's original pen name of Mochizuki Katsuhiro (望月勝広).