Barefoot Gen TPB (1978 Project Gen) A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima 1st Edition comic books
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Published Apr 1978 by Project Gen.
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1st Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. The very first book of Japanese manga translated into English. "A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima!" Story and art by Keiji Nakazawa. Cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa was 7-years-old and living in Hiroshima in the early days of August 1945 when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb. Starting a few months before that event, the four volume saga of young Gen shows life in Japan after years of war and privations. Softcover, 5 3/4" x 8 1/4", B&W. NOTE: Published in Japan and distributed in America. Cover price $3.80.