Master storyteller
This article was first published in theSun Buzz Anime & Manga edition HERE
Naoki Urasawa is a titan who stands among an elite handful of artists that are recognised to have changed the landscape and history of manga in Japan.
His popular works include
Pluto, Monster, 20th Century Boys, Yawara!, Happy! and
Master Keaton which earned him multiple awards over the years. These include three Shogakukan Manga Awards and two Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize awards.
Urasawa is an amazing storyteller known for creating compelling characters, his immaculately paced stories, and also for springing jaw-dropping plot twists when the reader least expects it.
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What They Say:
It is now 2015, and Friend rules a disturbing new world. Kenji has been missing since Bloody New Year’s Eve of 2000, and his niece Kanna is now in high school. Her history textbook contains a fabricated story about Kenji and his friends being the terrorists behind the horrific events of 2000. Kanna, knowing the truth, openly resents this, and as a result she is sent to Friend Land, a facility where people with rebellious anti-Friend behavior are re-educated.The surviving secret base members have spent the last 15 years in various activities opposing Friend and his regime, trying to find out the truth about Friend. Soon they discover the shocking existence of The New Book of Prophecy, the sequel to The Book of Prophecy, describing an event: In 2015, at a church in Shinjuku, a savior will rise to uphold justice but will be assassinated. Who is
André Lima Araújo…
Marvel artist André Lima Araújo
has branched out from his usual superhero fare to create a new futuristic thriller that presents a unique take on the cyberpunk genre, drawing influences from both Eastern and Western landmarks, including
Blade Runner and
Ghost In The Shell. David Opie sits down with creator André Lima Araújo to discuss the fantastic debut issue of
Man: Plus. Make sure you also check out our review of
Man: Plus #1, which is available to read here.
David Opie: Man: Plus has gripped me from the very first issue and I can’t wait to read the next one. Can you tell us more about the world in which the story is set?
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It is nearly new comic book day again. New releases are on the way and will hit comic book stores and digital comics platforms and each week in The Weekly Pull,
ComicBook.
com s team highlights some of the new releases that we re are most excited about getting to read. Those releases might be from the big two publishers or a smaller press, brand new issues of ongoing series, original graphic novels, or collected editions of older material. It might involve capes and cowls or it could be from any other genre. Whatever it is that s making us excited about comics this week, we re going to tell you all about it.