Good-Bye manga by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Requirements: CBR reader, 54 MB.
Overview: Drawn in 1971 and 1972, these stories expand Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s vocabulary for characters contextualized by themes of depravity and disorientation in twentieth-century Japan. Some of the tales focus on the devastation the country felt as a result of World War II, and, yet, while American influence does play a role in the disturbing and bizarre stories contained within this volume, as always, it is Tatsumi’s characters that bear his hallmark, muddling through isolated despair and fleeting pleasure to live out their darkly nuanced lives.
- "Prepare to be disturbed and blown away. The stuff is remarkable, amazing…" –Los Angeles Times
"Tatsumi’s stories have an artistic expressiveness, philosophical coherence and dark, emotional weight that is undeniable." –The Daily Yomiuri (Japan)
"These stories…reveal an artist who was making comics that weren’t just adult, but truly mature." –The Village Voice
Genre: Comics, Manga, Anthology, Slices of Lifes.
Good-Bye
- Yoshihiro Tatsumi story, writer, art, cover
Yuji Oniki translation
Adrian Tomine editor
Published by Drawn & Quarterly, 2008.
- Good-Bye is the third in a series of collected short stories from Drawn & Quarterly by the legendary Japanese cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi, whose previous work has been selected for several annual "top 10" lists, including those compiled by Amazon and Time.com. Drawn in 1971 and 1972, these stories expand the prolific artist’s vocabulary for characters contextualized by themes of depravity and disorientation in twentieth-century Japan.
Some of the tales focus on the devastation the country felt directly as a result of World War II: a prostitute loses all hope when American GIs go home to their wives; a man devotes twenty years of his life to preserving the memory of those killed at Hiroshima, only to discover a horrible misconception at the heart of his tribute. Yet, while American influence does play a role in the disturbing and bizarre stories contained within this volume, it is hardly the overriding theme. A philanthropic foot fetishist, a rash-ridden retiree and a lonely public onanist are but a few of the characters etching out darkly nuanced lives in the midst of isolated despair and fleeting pleasure.
About author:
Yoshihiro Tatsumi (辰巳 ヨシヒロ Tatsumi Yoshihiro, June 10, 1935 in Tennōji-ku, Osaka) is a Japanese manga artist who is widely credited with starting the gekiga style of alternative comics in Japan, having allegedly coined the term in 1957.
His work has been translated into many languages, and Canadian publisher Drawn and Quarterly have embarked on a project to publish an annual compendium of his works focusing each on the highlights of one year of his work (beginning with 1969), edited by American cartoonist Adrian Tomine. This is one event in a seemingly coincidental rise to worldwide popularity that Tomine relates to in his introduction to the first volume of the aforementioned series. Tatsumi received the Japan Cartoonists Association Award in 1972. In 2009, he was awarded the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for his autobiography, A Drifting Life. The same work garnered him multiple Eisner awards (Best Reality-Based Work and Best U.S. Edition of International Material–Asia) in 2010 and the regards sur le monde award in Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2012.
A full-length animated feature on the life and short stories of Yoshihiro Tatsumi was released in 2011. The film, Tatsumi, is directed by Eric Khoo and The Match Factory is handling world sales.
Note:
- If you like the book, please consider to buy it from Drawn and Quarterly
Other stories by Yoshihiro Tatsumi:
Download Instructions:
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- Mirror:
- http://uploadrocket.net/72usijga1odf — Good-Bye (2008)
http://corneey.com/wK8cAG — Good-Bye (2008)
http://corneey.com/wK8cAK — Good-Bye (2008)
http://corneey.com/wK8cAB — Good-Bye (2008)
