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...domestically in the horror genre. Three outstanding recent releases range in style from a twist on the teenagers-in-peril subgenre (Junji Ito's Museum of Terror) to extreme gross-out humor (Toru Yamazaki's Octopus Girl) to a disturbing medical thriller by Japan's most revered comix creator (Osamu Tezuka's Ode to Kirihito...
...Bush’s family connections gave him a breadth of knowledge about world politics that distinguished him among the more narrowly-focused business students—even creating a way of bridging cultural gaps. Osamu Koyama remembers that “At the time his father was appointed the first ambassador to China, he was well known among the students. I’d ask him about his father, and he’d ask about Japan...
...Your Life," "Bad Bob," "Doom Town") you find left behind in ATM booths and train station waiting rooms. Surprisingly, for a country founded the exploration of religious beliefs America has yet to produce many artful, thoughtful explorations of spirituality in its comix. For that we must turn to Osamu Tezuka...
...Osamu Tezuka's "Phoenix: Karma" reaches near nirvanic heights. As entertaining as any comic can be, it miraculously also achieves what lesser religious comix strive for and fail at: enlightenment. Though it seems doubtful that readers will change their lives thanks to "Karma," they cannot avoid being touched by its deeply humane philosophy and egoless artistry...
Looking for a great comic book to take with you on your next flight? Then how about these charming depictions of the story of Buddha? Osamu Tezuka (1928-89), a pioneer of the manga (Japanese comic book), added his own characters and stories to the life and times of the great spiritual leader, creating a graphic-novel epic...