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A review by saidtheraina
A Drifting Life by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
3.0
Fictionalized autobiography of a manga-creator who's apparently a pretty big deal.
Covers 1945-1995 or so. There are some interesting sections every chapter or so where they highlight popular cultural artifacts/events of the time. Highlights artistic struggles, invention and innovation of form, publishing games, infighting between creators....
I've read a fair number of graphic novel memoirs, which by definition are generally about graphic novel creators, but this may have been my first manga of the type.
Black and white. Drags in parts, but that's pretty typical of real life.
Also, it is LONG. 834 pages, not counting end notes.
Covers 1945-1995 or so. There are some interesting sections every chapter or so where they highlight popular cultural artifacts/events of the time. Highlights artistic struggles, invention and innovation of form, publishing games, infighting between creators....
I've read a fair number of graphic novel memoirs, which by definition are generally about graphic novel creators, but this may have been my first manga of the type.
Black and white. Drags in parts, but that's pretty typical of real life.
Also, it is LONG. 834 pages, not counting end notes.