Magnetic Press has simply launched a Kickstarter to fund the English-translated assortment of Tezucomi, a two-volume manga anthology of Osamu Tezuka tributes by all-star worldwide creators. The Kickstarter will run till August 19, with a funding aim of $7,500 – however as of time of writing the aim has already been effectively surpassed.
The Tezucomi assortment will come as a two-volume set totalling 600 pages of materials with the intention to publish in November, in time for what would have been Tezuka’s ninety fifth birthday. The Kickstarter has the choice of two codecs for Tezucomi backers – the books as conventional manga-sized paperbacks ($49 collectively or $25 every quantity), premium outsized 7.75”x11” gallery hardcover editions ($79 collectively or $40 every), and unique restricted edition boxed units for the paperback ($80) and hardcover editions ($99) that are restricted to 500 copies every. There are additionally digital editions obtainable for buy at $15 per quantity. The books shall be within the conventional manga type and browse proper to left.
Tezucomi was initially printed as an 18-issue collection in Japan in 2018 by Micro Magazine in partnership with Tezuka Productions, coinciding with what would have been Osamu Tezuka’s ninetieth 12 months (Tezuka handed away in 1989, age 60). Tezuka Productions invited all star creators from around the globe to do their very own takes on the God of Manga’s enormous library of basic characters. Alongside every of the 18 tales, a short historical past of the unique Tezuka collection and writer spotlights shall be featured.
Among the large names concerned you could have I Kill Giants creators Joe Kelly and Ken Niimura do a Black Jack story; David Lafuente tackle Big X; Elsa Brants’ Princess Knight; Florence Torta & Philippe Cardona do Astro Boy and Dororo tales, and extra.
The quantity of European creators concerned – corresponding to Blacksad’s Juan Diaz Canales or Naja’s JD Morvan – has made this a selection get for bande dessinée (eurocomic) localisation writer Magnetic Press.
As Magnetic Press say on the Kickstarter:
“Individually selected by Tezuka Productions for this project, the roster of European talent featured in TEZUCOMI is impressive — and may be quite familiar to fans of Magnetic Press! Springboarding from Magnetic’s identity for publishing the best European material in English, TEZUCOMI is the perfect intersection of East meets West.”
The full creator and story breakdown:
- Kimba, by Reno Lemaire (Dreamland)
- Black Jack: Heartless, by Joe Kelly & Ken Niimura (I Kill Giants)
- Team Phoenix, by Kenny Ruiz (Magic 7; Wakfu)
- Big X, by David Lafuente (Radiant Red; Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man)
- Barbara, by Belen Ortega (Millennium Saga)
- MW, by Victor Santos (Polar)
- Unico, by MIG (Wakfu; Ogrest)
- Songoku, by Kenny Ruiz (Team Phoenix)
- Midnight, by JD Morvan & Scietronc (Naja; Zaya; Meka)
- Buddha, by Valerie Mangin & Brice Cossu (FRNCK)
- Ayako, by Sourya (Talli)
- Metropolis, by Mathieu Bablet (Shangri-La; Carbon & Silicon; Adrastea)
- Dororo, by Florence Torta & Philippe Cardona (Sentai School)
- Princess Knight, by Elsa Brants (Save Me, Pythia)
- Message to Adolf, by Juan Diaz Canales (Blacksad; Fraternity)
- Astro Boy, by Florence Torta & Philippe Cardona
- Apollo’s Song, by Luis NCT (Wahcommo)
- Black Jack, by Betrand Gatignol (The Ogre Gods saga)
Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989) has usually been known as the “Godfather…”, the “Father…”, and the “God of Manga”. His pioneering work in postwar Japan (influenced stylistically by Disney animation) led to the rise of fashionable manga and anime. His personal affect has pushed successive generations of mangaka and western admirers. A prolific creator, he’s identified for basic youngsters collection as Astro Boy, Black Jack, Kimba the Lion, Dororo, Unico, Princess Knight, Dororo…and that’s earlier than you get to his personal mature materials he produced in response to the emergence of gekiga grownup comics within the ‘60s and ‘70s.
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