Summary
Over four decades ago, Yoshihiro Tatsumi expanded the horizons of comics storytelling by using the visual language of manga to tell gritty, literary stories about the private lives of everyday people. He has been called “the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics” and has influenced generations of cartoonists around the world. Now the visionary creator of “The Push Man and Other Stories” and “Good-bye” has turned his incisive, unflinching gaze upon himself. Over ten years in the making, “A Drifting Life” is Tatsumis’ most ambitious, personal, and heart felt work: an autobiographical bildungsroman in comics form. Using his life long obsession with comics as a frame work, Tatsumi weaves a complex story that encompasses family dynamics, Japanese culture and history, first love, the intricacies of the manga industry, and most importantly, what it means to be an artist. Alternately humorous, enlightening, and haunting, this is the masterful summation of a fascinating life and a historic career.
Note: Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Grand Prize in 2009, the Best Reality-Based Work and the Best U.S. Edition of International Material – Asia for the Eisner Award in 2010.
- Chapter 49: Epilogues June 12, 2020
- Chapter 48: Fueled By Anger June 12, 2020
- Chapter 47: The Quick Dissolution Of The Gekiga Workshop June 12, 2020
- Chapter 46: Jealousy And Frustration June 12, 2020
- Chapter 45: Passions For Gekiga Dwindles June 12, 2020
- Chapter 44: The Vampire Killer Becomes A Vampire June 12, 2020
- Chapter 43: Pros And Cons June 12, 2020
- Chapter 42: The Birth Of Gekiga Workshop June 12, 2020
- Chapter 41: Reaching Towards Gekiga June 12, 2020
- Chapter 40: Drawing From Turmoil June 12, 2020
- Chapter 39: Rental Manga Wars June 12, 2020
- Chapter 38: The Boom Continues June 12, 2020
- Chapter 37: Hotobukiso Days June 12, 2020
- Chapter 36: To Tokyo, And Gekiga June 12, 2020
- Chapter 35: Drunk With Power June 12, 2020
- Chapter 34: The Short Story Boom June 12, 2020
- Chapter 33: Managing Editor June 12, 2020
- Chapter 32: The Fall Of Hinomaru Bunho June 12, 2020
- Chapter 31: The Joy Of Creation June 12, 2020
- Chapter 30: A Time For Good-Bye June 12, 2020
- Chapter 29: Passion And Seduction June 12, 2020
- Chapter 28: Escape From Camp June 12, 2020
- Chapter 27: In The Balance June 12, 2020
- Chapter 24: Life Drawing June 12, 2020
- Chapter 23: Experimental Work June 12, 2020
- Chapter 22: Shadow June 12, 2020
- Chapter 21: Searching For A New Method June 12, 2020
- Chapter 20: The Manga Monster June 12, 2020
- Chapter 19: An Infinitely Free World June 12, 2020
- Chapter 18: Nom De Plume June 12, 2020
- Chapter 17: Hinomaru Bunko, Rental Manga Publisher June 12, 2020
- Chapter 16: Cold Calling June 12, 2020
- Chapter 15: A Dream Fulfilled June 12, 2020
- Chapter 14: Desert Traveler June 12, 2020
- Chapter 13: The Sun Sets On High School Days June 12, 2020
- Chapter 12: Debut June 12, 2020
- Chapter 11: The Road To Success June 12, 2020
- Chapter 10: The Con Artist June 12, 2020
- Chapter 9: Summertime Dreams June 12, 2020
- Chapter 8: Torn Apart June 12, 2020
- Chapter 7: Beloved Manga June 12, 2020
- Chapter 6: Tezuka Vanishes June 12, 2020
- Chapter 5: Sibling Rivalry June 12, 2020
- Chapter 4: Enter Tezuka June 12, 2020
- Chapter 3: The Journalist From Mainichi Shimbun June 12, 2020
- Chapter 2: Manga Obsession June 12, 2020
- Chapter 1: The Birth Of Manga June 12, 2020