Genkaku Picasso, Vol. 3
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Genkaku Picasso, Vol. 3
By (Author) Usamaru Furuya
3
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
3rd May 2011
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
741.5
Physical Properties
Paperback
320
Width 127mm, Height 191mm, Spine 25mm
267g
Description
Sometimes a picture can tell more than a thousand words.
Hikari Picasso Hamura, a grouchy teenager with a talent for drawing, dies in a freak accident. The gods decide to revive him, but only on the condition that he use his artistic gift for the good of humanity. Picasso discovers that sketching a persons aura yields a surreal portrait of their psyche. Stranger still, Picasso can dive into these dreamscapes and help people by exploring their deepest emotions, memories and perceptions.
Once a loner, Hikari "Picasso" Hamura has helped so many people that he finds himself surrounded by friends! Picasso's going to need them as he faces his most difficult "portrait" yet. It's easy to deal with other people's problems. But when you have to face your own...
Author Bio
Furuya debuted as a manga artist in an avant-garde comics magazine called Garo in 1994. Since then, his manga have appeared in Young Sunday and other major weekly magazines. His work has also been published in English in VIZ Media's PULP magazine and Secret Comics Japan. VIZ Media published his book Short Cuts in 2003.
