Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection
By (Author) Junji Ito
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
10th May 2019
16th May 2019
United States
General
Fiction
741.5952
Hardback
416
Width 146mm, Height 210mm, Spine 33mm
692g
Thirteen chilling nightmares, presented by the master of horror.
Try not to be noticed when you eat the secret nectar, otherwise youll get smashed What horrific events happened to create the earthboundpeople tied to a certain place for the rest of their short lives Then, a strange haunted house comes to town, but no one expects it to lead to a real hell Welcome to Junji Itos world, a world with no escape from endless nightmares.
Junji Ito made his professional manga debut in 1987 and since then has gone on to be recognized as one of the greatest contemporary artists working in the horror genre. His titles includeTomieandUzumaki,which have been adapted into live-action films;Gyo,which was adapted into an animated film;andhis short story collections Fragments of Horror, Shiver and Frankenstein, all of which are available from VIZ Media.Itos influences include classic horror manga artists Kazuo Umezz and Hideshi Hino, as well as authors Yasutaka Tsutsui and H.P. Lovecraft.