Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan TPB (2013 Drawn and Quarterly) 1st Edition comic books
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Issue #1-1ST
Tags: Showa: A History of Japan (part 1)Published Nov 2013 by Drawn & Quarterly.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
1st Edition - 1st printing.
Story and art by Shigeru Mizuki.
Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan is the first volume of Shigeru Mizuki's meticulously researched historical portrait of twentieth-century Japan.
This 560-page volume deals with the period leading up to World War II, a time of high unemployment and other economic hardships caused by the Great Depression. Mizuki's photo-realist style effortlessly brings to life the Japan of the 1920s and 1930s, depicting bustling city streets and abandoned graveyards with equal ease.
With his trusty narrator Rat Man, Mizuki brings history into the realm of the personal, making it palatable, and indeed compelling, for young audiences as well as more mature readers.
Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 560 pages, PC/PB&W.
Cover price $24.95. -
Issue #1-REP
Tags: Showa: A History of Japan (part 1)Published Mar 2015 by Drawn & Quarterly.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
1st Edition - 2nd and later printings.
Story and art by Shigeru Mizuki.
Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan is the first volume of Shigeru Mizuki's meticulously researched historical portrait of twentieth-century Japan.
This 560-page volume deals with the period leading up to World War II, a time of high unemployment and other economic hardships caused by the Great Depression. Mizuki's photo-realist style effortlessly brings to life the Japan of the 1920s and 1930s, depicting bustling city streets and abandoned graveyards with equal ease.
With his trusty narrator Rat Man, Mizuki brings history into the realm of the personal, making it palatable, and indeed compelling, for young audiences as well as more mature readers.
Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 560 pages, PC/PB&W.
Cover price $24.95.
