Wolfsmund 5
By (Author) Kuji Mitsuhisa
Vertical Inc.
Vertical Inc.
15th August 2014
United States
General
Fiction
741.5
Paperback
230
Width 140mm, Height 190mm
205g
The tale of William Tell has never been rendered so beautifully as Mitsuhisa Kuji's stunning debut work, Wolfsmund. The series is set in 14th Century Switzerland, as the Swiss begin to initiate their movements toward independence, heading towards a fortress in the Alps known as the Wolfsmund. They continue to strike fear amongst the German and Italian communities that dare to threaten Hapsburg rule.
Wolfsmund is feel-bad comics, the sort of book you read and swear off and come back to again after a few months have passed But theres something about it and thefeelings it inspires that is compelling, too. 4thletter!
Looking back at the first two Wolfsmund volumes afterfinishing the third and fourth leave me with a greaterimpression of them both Those first couple volumes keep a constant grip on your shoulder, reminding you of thestakes at every turn.Otaku USA
Little is known about Mitsuhisa Kuji (born in 1978) however we are certain that is a pen-name for an interesting young female artist with one of the finest pedigrees in Japanese comics. While Wolfsmund is her debut series, originally published in Japan by esteemed indie comic publisher and video game taste-makers, enterbrain!, she has been in the industry at least since 2004, mainly working on short stories with the ambition to someday have her own feature length seres. But before she began working on her own short stories, she was the assistant illustrator for two of the biggest names in comic art - Kentaro Miura (author of the best-selling series BERSERK) and Kaoru Mori (creator of the Victorian maid drama, EMMA). Since her debut work, "Samurai Dream", she has gone to draw a handful of other shorts, collected in a book called Luminous & Brightness, before launching Wolfsmund to critical acclaim in 2009.