Buddha Volume 5: Deer Park
With Siddartha newly enlightened and now named Buddha, he’s ready to start sharing his wisdom with other living creatures. Conservative humans are slow to catch on though, so Buddha’s first flock is a...
View ArticleBuddha Volume 6: Ananda
The sixth book in the series of graphic novels charting the life of Buddha introduces a new character to the mix. Ananda is an orphan, saved and protected by a snake demon called Mara, who feels she...
View ArticleOde to Kirihito
Like Will Eisner in the west, Osamu Tezuka is considered one of the founding fathers of the graphic novel. Ode to Kirihito is undoubtedly one of his masterpieces, standing alongside Buddha as an epic...
View ArticleMW
Osamu Tezuka is perhaps best known for manga like Astro Boy but a recent batch of releases are seeing his works for more mature audiences offered to a new generation of readers. MW is a fine example:...
View ArticleDororo Volume 1
UPDATE: Volume 3 out now Osamu Tezuka is back, albeit from beyond the grave, with a series that first saw publication in Japan in 1967. There’s little to date though – this is a timeless Japanese...
View ArticleBlack Jack Volume 1
They call him the godfather of manga, and the more of Osamu Tezuka’s work that Vertical puts out, the more you can understand why. Black Jack is an epic 17-volume series that draws heavily on Tezuka’s...
View ArticleBlack Jack Volume 2
It’s not unusual to find this in an ongoing series like Black Jack, but this second volume seems somehow deflated after the thrilling ride of the first. Where Volume 1 was a rollercoaster of discovery...
View ArticleBlack Jack Volume 3
In this third of the 17 Black Jack books we learn more about the world surrounding Jack. A little more is revealed about his bizarre sidekick Pinoko, who starts to seem like less of an irritant and...
View ArticleBook of Human Insects, The
Osamu Tezuka's first adult graphic novel, originally published in the early 1970s, is a classic noir thriller
View ArticleAyako
The latest Osamu Tezuka classic from Vertical tells the story of a girl who grows up confined to her cruel family's cellar
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