Showa 1953-1989: A History of Japan TPB (2015 Drawn and Quarterly) 1st Edition comic books
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Tags: Showa: A History of Japan (part 4)Published Sep 2015 by Drawn & Quarterly.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
1st Edition - 1st printing.
Story and art by Shigeru Mizuki.
The final volume of the Eisner-nominated history of Japan.
Showa 1953-1989: A History of Japan concludes Shigeru Mizuki's dazzling autobiographical and historical account of Showa period Japan, a portrait both intimate and ranging of a defining epoch.
The final volume picks up in the wake of Japan's utter defeat in World War II, as a country reduced to rubble struggles to rise again. A former enemy becomes their greatest ally as the USA funnels money, jobs, and opportunity into Japan, hoping to establish the country as a bulwark against Soviet communist expansion. Japan reinvents itself, emerging as an economic powerhouse. Events like the Tokyo Olympiad and the World's Fair introduce a new, friendly Japan to the world, but this period of peace and plenty conceals a populace still struggling to come to terms with the devastation of WWII.
The original Japanese edition won the prestigious Kodansha Manga Award; the English translation has been nominated for an Eisner Award.
Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 560 pages, B&W.
Cover price $24.95.
