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Keiji Nakazawa

Title	Creator	Publisher	Series	Price
Barefoot Gen 8: Merchants of Death	Keiji Nakazawa	Last Gasp	Barefoot Gen	$13.50 ($14.95 list)
Read more and comment...	This amazing 10-volume saga nears its conclusion with this volume that, interestingly, deals, in part, with Gen's efforts to publish an eyewitness account of the bombing. Clearly, the impetus to give voice to this story, which in turn led to the creation of this landmark work, was there from the very beginning. Indeed, the original comic book publication of this tale in the United States (in the early 1970s – making it, we believe, the first US manga publication) was titled, "I Saw It!" A title that conveys a sense of urgency that belies the twenty plus years it took to get the story out. Anyone who has yet to read the first volume of this series, is hereby given a push to do so... today!
Barefoot Gen 7: Bones Into Dust	Keiji Nakazawa	Last Gasp	Barefoot Gen	$13.50 ($14.95 list)
Read more and comment...	This amazing 10-volume saga nears its conclusion with this volume that, interestingly, deals, in part, with Gen's efforts to publish an eyewitness account of the bombing. Clearly, the impetus to give voice to this story, which in turn led to the creation of this landmark work, was there from the very beginning. Indeed, the original comic book publication of this tale in the United States (in the early 1970s – making it, we believe, the first US manga publication) was titled, "I Saw It!" A title that conveys a sense of urgency that belies the twenty plus years it took to get the story out. Anyone who has yet to read the first volume of this series, is hereby given a push to do so... today!
Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon History of Hiroshima	Keiji Nakazawa	Last Gasp	Barefoot Gen	$12.75 ($14.95 list)
Read more and comment...	This is it, one of the most important comics works of all time, the complete ten-volume saga will now be presented in English for the first time, courtesy of Project Gen and Last Gasp. Barefoot Gen chronicles one family’s experience living in Hiroshima before, during and after WWII. This opening volume provides an emotionally moving chronicle of this family’s hardships during wartime -- hardships that were more severe than most due to the family's pacifism and anti-war stance. This book, however, will always be remembered most for its absolutely searing first-person account of experiencing the first atomic bombing. There is no other account in any medium that matches the power of Nakazawa’s. The experience of reading this book will be permanently imprinted in the memory of anyone who reads it; it is an unforgettable experience. Produced in the 1970s, Barefoot Gen precedes Art Spiegelman’s Maus by a decade, and in fact -- as Spiegelman’s introduction attests -- was both a catalyst for and a profound influence on that Pulitzer Prize winning work. Barefoot Gen almost single-handedly established the genre of comics-as-dramatic-history that has gone on to produce other great works in addition to Maus, such as the works of Joe Sacco (Palestine, Safe Area Gorazde) and Persepolis, among many others.
Barefoot Gen, Volume Two: The Day After	Keiji Nakazawa		Barefoot Gen	$12.75 ($14.95 list)
Read more and comment...	At last, the second volume of one of the most important works in the history of comics is back in print with an all new translation. This picks up literally seconds after the conclusion of the first volume, with an extremely harrowing, eye-witness account of the catastrophic results of the first atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima and then continues with a heart-rending tale of human suffering and, ultimately, endurance as Gen and his family move to rebuild their lives amidst the carnage, destruction and horror. Once read, this work is impossible to forget. Volume One, which recounts Gen and his family's lives in WWII era Hiroshima and concludes with the dropping of the bomb, is also in stock and available at the same price.
Barefoot Gen, Volume 4: Out of the Ashes	Keiji Nakazawa	Last Gasp		$13.45 ($14.95 list)
Read more and comment...	Finally, the next two volumes of the new uniform edition of the complete Gen of Hiroshima have been released. These two volumes continue one of the most important works in the history of comics, in a revised and updated complete translation. As the titles of these two volumes clearly suggest, we've reached the point in the chronicle that depicts the story of the survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the Americans at the close of the second world war in 1945. While Gen of Hiroshima was one of the (if not the) first Japanese manga to be translated into English and published in America (in the 1970s, believe it or not), these volumes are part of the first ever complete edition. Last Gasp intends to publish the entire ten-volume epic, and they need our support if they're going to make it through to the end. This will be an expensive undertaking, as they are comissioning a new translation, so if this story sounds like something you might be interested in, please don't wait for the entire series to be completed before checking it out, because it might not ever be completed if readers don't get on board now! Here's what R. Crumb has to say about Barefoot Gen: "...some of the best comics ever done... Nakazawa, I'm sure, will be considered one of the great comic artists of this century, becuase he tells the truth in a plain, straightforward way, filled with real human feelings." And, because the story he has to tell is one that we all need to know.
Barefoot Gen, Volume 3: Life After the Bomb	Keiji Nakazawa	Last Gasp		$13.45 ($14.95 list)
Read more and comment...	Finally, the next two volumes of the new uniform edition of the complete Gen of Hiroshima have been released. These two volumes continue one of the most important works in the history of comics, in a revised and updated complete translation. As the titles of these two volumes clearly suggest, we've reached the point in the chronicle that depicts the story of the survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the Americans at the close of the second world war in 1945. While Gen of Hiroshima was one of the (if not the) first Japanese manga to be translated into English and published in America (in the 1970s, believe it or not), these volumes are part of the first ever complete edition. Last Gasp intends to publish the entire ten-volume epic, and they need our support if they're going to make it through to the end. This will be an expensive undertaking, as they are comissioning a new translation, so if this story sounds like something you might be interested in, please don't wait for the entire series to be completed before checking it out, because it might not ever be completed if readers don't get on board now! Here's what R. Crumb has to say about Barefoot Gen: "...some of the best comics ever done... Nakazawa, I'm sure, will be considered one of the great comic artists of this century, becuase he tells the truth in a plain, straightforward way, filled with real human feelings." And, because the story he has to tell is one that we all need to know.
Barefoot Gen 6: Writing the Truth	Keiji Nakazawa	Last Gasp	Barefoot Gen	$13.50 ($14.95 list)
Read more and comment...	In Volume Six, Gen fights against a corrupt medical system, the discriminatory practices of his neighbors, and the American presence in postwar Japan. Gen's brother, Koji, has gone away to work in the coal mines, but has since disappeared. To make up for the shortage, he and his friends must resort to more drastic measures, which lands one of the bunch in a juvenile detention center." What's that? You say you haven't even started reading this series yet? Well, don't despair, we still have the first four volumes of this 20th century masterpiece in stock and copacetically priced.
Barefoot Gen of Hiroshima 5: The Never Ending War	Keiji Nakazawa		Barefoot Gen	$13.50 ($14.95 list)
Read more and comment...	We hope you haven't forgotten about Project Gen's ongoing project to bring the entire ten-volume saga of Hadashi no Gen to an American audience. We certainly hadn't! These two are the volumes we've really been waiting for as they take us into new territory, for the first time presenting material that has never before appeared in English. Here are brief synopses courtesy the publisher, Last Gasp: "Volume Five of the Barefoot Gen story follows Gen's struggles in postwar Japan. The people of Hiroshima face a massive food shortage and horrendous health problems. Gen is in school, but he is forced to choose between making money to support his family or staying in school to be a part of society. The choice is further complicated when his mother becomes sick, and his old friends reappear as part of a street gang. There is no help for his mother, save for the costly medicine procured on the black market. Gen becomes entangled with black market gangs and faces an internal struggle of honor, ethics, and duty to resolve his problems.