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Author
Series
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
1st paperback ed.
Physical Desc
533 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"First volume of Shigeru Mizuki's meticulously researched historical portrait of twentieth century Japan. This 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 Japan of the 1920s and 1930s, depicting bustling city streets and abandoned graveyards with equal ease"--Publisher's website.
Author
Series
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
November 2014.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
540 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Showa 1944-1953 : a History of Japan continues the award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki's autobiographical and historical account of the Showa period in Japan. This volume recounts the events of the final years of the Pacific War, and the consequences of the war's devastation for Mizuki and the Japanese populace at large.
"The third volume of [the author's] ... encyclopedic account of Japan before and after World War II. Drawing from his own experiences...
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
307 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Beginning with Hitler's time in Austria as a starving art student and ending with a Germany in ruins, Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler retraces the path Hitler took in life, coolly examining his charismatic appeal and his calculated political maneuvering.
Author
Series
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
548 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Continues Mizuki's autobiographical and historical account of Showa-era Japan. This volume covers the final moments of the lead-up to World War II and the first few years of the Pacific War, and is a chilling reminder of the harshness of life in Japan during this highly militarized epoch.
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