How a dental technician became the master of modern horror
How this artist turns your own brain against you.
*Junji Ito Reading Guide*
Beginner’s Guide:
Uzumaki -
If you’re just getting into Ito, Uzumaki is a great starting place. It begins as almost self-contained short stories, but they do gradually build into an ongoing narrative, so it gives you a taste of his larger narrative arcs as well.
Shiver -
I personally feel that Ito’s talents are best on display in his many short story collections, and this one is a “best of” selected by Ito himself along with commentary on each story. A must have.
Tomie -
Ito’s earliest work, Tomie is an example of Ito’s approach to some series, where stories are independent but feature recurring themes or characters.
Advanced Guide:
The rest of Ito’s work generally breaks down into longer works like Uzumaki, and short story collections. I haven’t read all of it, but I’ve read a lot, and nothing has ever been a letdown, so it’s really about choosing what format you like and diving in.
Short Story Collections:
Fragments of Horror -
Tombs -
Smashed -
Deserter (early stories) -
Venus in the Blind Spot (includes his best story) -
The Liminal Zone -
Frankenstein (Adaptation of the novel other stories) -
Longer Works:
Black Paradox -
Gyo -
Remina -
Dissolving Classroom -
Sensor -
Interconnected Short Stories:
Soichi -
Lovesickness -
Other:
The Art of Junji Ito -
Junji Ito’s Cat Diary (yes, a manga about his cats) -
No Longer Human (novel adaptation) -
*Non-Ito Comics I mention*
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud -
This book changed my life when I read it 20 years ago and still blows my mind every time I reread it since then.
Kazuo Umezu’s The Drifting Classroom (Perfect edition complete in 3 volumes)
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Hideshi Hino
Sadly, while there ARE solid translations of Hino’s work, they are all out of print. If you work for a publisher please fix this!! Someone tweet at Viz or something. If anyone publishes them I will promote it for free.
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