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A review by kdraw333
Abandon the Old in Tokyo by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
3.0
I knew nothing about this comic book artist before I borrowed this book from the library, a collection of eight stories from 1970 recently re-published in a beautiful volume by Drawn and Quarterly. Tatsumi calls this work "gekiga" (dramatic pictures), a darker and more realistic form of Japanese manga.
The stories are gritty with wonderfully absurd urban scenarios and some lovely inky-black night scenes. I like the style of drawing, which doesn't have the standardized and sickening cuteness that is such a turn-off from Japanese manga in general. I can't say it's changed my life, but it's definitely made me appreciate his talent for capturing subtleties with minimal ink lines.
The stories are gritty with wonderfully absurd urban scenarios and some lovely inky-black night scenes. I like the style of drawing, which doesn't have the standardized and sickening cuteness that is such a turn-off from Japanese manga in general. I can't say it's changed my life, but it's definitely made me appreciate his talent for capturing subtleties with minimal ink lines.