Osamu Tezuka (1928-89) is the godfather of Japanese manga comics. He originally intended to become a doctor and earned his degree before turning to what was then a medium for children. His many early masterpieces include the series known in the U.S. as Astro Boy. With his sweeping vision, deftly interwined plots, feel for the workings of power, and indefatigable commitment to human dignity, Tezuka elevated manga to an art form. The later Tezuka, when he authored Buddha, often had in mind the mature readership that manga gained in the sixties and that had only grown ever since. The Kurosawa of Japanese pop culture, Osamu Tezuka is a twentieth century classic.
"Infused with humor and history, the epic of Siddhartha is perhaps
Osamu Tezuka's crowning acheivement and illustrates why, without
irony, Tezuka is referred to as 'The King of Japanese Comics'." -
LA Weekly"Buddha is one of Tezuka's true masterpieces. We're lucky
to have this excellent new edition in English." - Scott McCloud,
author of Understanding Comics"In handsome volumes designed
by Chip Kidd, the Vertical books present Tezuka at his best." -
National Post
"Buddha is an engrossing tale. The armchair philosopher, the
devout Buddhist, the casual manga fan - this book satisfies all
with its tale of humanism through sequential art, and definitely
earns its place on a bibliophile's bookshelf." -Anime Insider"This
is one of the greatest acheivements of the comics medium, a
masterpiece by one of the greats." -Artbomb.net"In Tezuka's world,
the exquisite collapses into the goofy in a New York minute, the
goofy into the melodramatic, the melodramatic into the brutal, and
the brutal into the sincerely touching. The suprising result is a
work wholly unique and downright fun." -Time Out NY"Tezuka's Buddha
is a striking and memorable confluence of ancient wisdom and
contemporary popular art." -Yoga Journal
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