“A brilliant book is a brilliant book, and no matter how far Takahashi’s prose wanders from the status quo, there’s no way in the world anyone could mistake its superiority.” —Las Vegas Mercury
The Village Voice included Gangsters on its best of 2004 list. Also read the newest SG review:
“And now, for something completely different:
Genichiro Takahashi’s Sayonara, Gangsters, in a sophisticated, eye-grabbing hardcover from Japanese pop-fiction powerhouse Vertical.” —Bookslut
“Spiral stands alone as a well-written medical thriller.”
—USA Today
“Koji Suzuki launched a resonant modern iteration.”
—The Village Voice
“What’s so persuasive about Spiral is that it’s anchored to a world we trust…”
—The Las Vegas Mercury
Zero Over Berlin by Joh Sasaki makes its way to American readers as Publishers Weekly hails its excellence.
“A major Japanese talent in detective and thriller fiction appears in English with this excellent, compact WWII tale” —Publishers Weekly
“Sasaki layers meticulous detail in [Zero Over Berlin], inviting readers into his world.” —Asahi Shimbun
“Sasaki has crafted a high quality thriller based on a conceit of nonfiction that works—that the Zero fighter actually made it to Berlin.”—Mainichi Shimbun
“[Zero Over Berlin] is adventure fiction that sheds new light on German-Japanese relations on the eve of the war.”—Tokyo Shimbun
Don’t miss Joh Sasaki’s New York City appearances!
Sasaki will be part of a symposium on the two topics of 1) The Middle East, Then and Now, and 2) Japanese Entertainment in the U.S. Fellow discussants include Seiichi Miyake, bureau chief of the Americas for Nikkei Shimbun and Ioannis Mentzas, editorial director of Vertical. This event is taking place at Nippon Club on July 14, 2004 at 6:30 pm (free admission, W. 57th between 6th and 7th). He will also be speaking and signing at Kinokuniya Bookstore at Rockefeller Center on July 16, 2004 at 6:00 pm. See you there!
(All events will be conducted in Japanese only.)
Check out The Washington Post’s review of Buddha Vols. 1—4.
Buddha by Osamu Tezuka continues to garner wonderful reviews left and right, most recently in The Comics Journal, where Buddha Vols. 1 & 2 were on the list for Best of 2003. Gary Groth, co-founder and editor-in chief of The Comics Journal had this to say:
“The English language publication of Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha is a landmark publishing event in comics.”
ForeWord magazine has also proclaimed Buddha‘s excellence and has nominated it for best graphic novel. Outpost, a Canadian travel magazine, has listed Buddha on their “Best Of” list, and The Washington Post will be doing a round-up review of Buddha Vols. 1—4 shortly. Also stay tuned to The Onion A.V. Club, which will feature an interview with Vertical art director Chip Kidd, and full review of Buddha vols. 1—3.
One of Time’s Top 25 graphic novels!
“Brilliant storytelling and narrative art.” –Will Eisner
“Tezuka’s true masterpiece.” –Scott McCloud
“I wish it could go on forever.” –Craig Thompson
“The books are all I’d hoped they’d be.” –Chester Brown
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