Tanioka Yasuji

Comics Underground Japan presents the wild, subversive world of Japan’s most accomplished underground comics artists. Some of the dozen artists included in this anthology will be familiar to followers of manga; others make their American debut in these pages. The richly imaginative stories in this volume show a great range of graphic style, from painstakingly detailed craftsmanship to exuberant, maniacal renderings. At the heart of each work in this anthology is a unique personal vision and a fierce artistic compulsion–these manga artists are the misfits of the art form, and they are its visionaries. Included stories are: "Hell's Angel" by Yoshikazu Ebisu "It's All Right if You Don't Understand" by Yoshikazu Ebisu "Steel Pipe Melancholia" by Masakazu Toma "Future Sperm Brazil" by Takashi Nemoto "A Love Like Lemons" by Carol Shimoda "Selfish Carol's Summer Vacation" by Carol Shimoda "Mercy Flesh (Jiniku)" by Kazuichi Hanawa "Don Quixote #1 & #2" by Yasuji Tanioka "Planet of the Jap" by Suehiro Maruo "Mary’s Asshole" by Hanako Yamada "Volvox" by Pan Migawa "Bigger and Better" by Muddy Wehara "Laughing Ball" by Hideshi Hino "Cat Noodle Soup" by Hajime Yamano & Nekojiro

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