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A Drifting Life
Gekiga Hyouryuu , Hanyut, Une vie dans les marges (French), Życie. Powieść Graficzna. (Polish), 劇画漂流
Over four decades ago, Yoshihiro Tatsumi expanded the horizons of comics storytelling by using the visual language of manga to tell gritty, literary stories about the private lives of everyday people. He has been called "the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics" and has influenced generations of cartoonists around the world. Now the visionary creator of "The Push Man and Other Stories" and "Good-bye" has turned his incisive, unflinching gaze upon himself. Over ten years in the making, "A Drifting Life" is Tatsumis' most ambitious, personal, and heart felt work: an autobiographical bildungsroman in comics form. Using his life long obsession with comics as a frame work, Tatsumi weaves a complex story that encompasses family dynamics, Japanese culture and history, first love, the intricacies of the manga industry, and most importantly, what it means to be an artist. Alternately humorous, enlightening, and haunting, this is the masterful summation of a fascinating life and a historic career.Note: Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Grand Prize in 2009, the Best Reality-Based Work and the Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia for the Eisner Award in 2010.
- Chapter 49: Epilogues
- Chapter 48: Fueled By Anger
- Chapter 47: The Quick Dissolution Of The Gekiga Workshop
- Chapter 46: Jealousy And Frustration
- Chapter 45: Passions For Gekiga Dwindles
- Chapter 44: The Vampire Killer Becomes A Vampire
- Chapter 43: Pros And Cons
- Chapter 42: The Birth Of Gekiga Workshop
- Chapter 41: Reaching Towards Gekiga
- Chapter 40: Drawing From Turmoil
- Chapter 39: Rental Manga Wars
- Chapter 38: The Boom Continues
- Chapter 37: Hotobukiso Days
- Chapter 36: To Tokyo, And Gekiga
- Chapter 35: Drunk With Power
- Chapter 34: The Short Story Boom
- Chapter 33: Managing Editor
- Chapter 32: The Fall Of Hinomaru Bunho
- Chapter 31: The Joy Of Creation
- Chapter 30: A Time For Good-Bye
- Chapter 29: Passion And Seduction
- Chapter 28: Escape From Camp
- Chapter 27: In The Balance
- Chapter 24: Life Drawing
- Chapter 23: Experimental Work
- Chapter 22: Shadow
- Chapter 21: Searching For A New Method
- Chapter 20: The Manga Monster
- Chapter 19: An Infinitely Free World
- Chapter 18: Nom De Plume
- Chapter 17: Hinomaru Bunko, Rental Manga Publisher
- Chapter 16: Cold Calling
- Chapter 15: A Dream Fulfilled
- Chapter 14: Desert Traveler
- Chapter 13: The Sun Sets On High School Days
- Chapter 12: Debut
- Chapter 11: The Road To Success
- Chapter 10: The Con Artist
- Chapter 9: Summertime Dreams
- Chapter 8: Torn Apart
- Chapter 7: Beloved Manga
- Chapter 6: Tezuka Vanishes
- Chapter 5: Sibling Rivalry
- Chapter 4: Enter Tezuka
- Chapter 3: The Journalist From Mainichi Shimbun
- Chapter 2: Manga Obsession
- Chapter 1: The Birth Of Manga