Yoshiharu Tsuge was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1937. Influenced by the realistic and gritty manga of Yoshihiro Tatsumi, he began making his own comics and was briefly recruited to assist Shigeru Mizuki in the 1960s. In 1968, while working for Garo magazine, Tsuge published the groundbreaking story "Neji-shiki" (commonly called "Screw Style" by Western readers), which established him as an influential manga-ka and a cultural touchstone in the changing Japanese art world. He is considered the originator and greatest practitioner of the I-novel method of comics-making. In 2005, Tsuge was nominated for the Best Album Award at Angoulême International and in 2017 won the Japan Cartoonists Association Grand Award for Yume to tabi no sekai.
"Quirky... a must-read for collectors [that] proves accessible and fun for manga newcomers as well." --Publishers Weekly "A dozen compelling, mostly peripatetic, stories by the inventor of literary manga." --Shelf Awareness, Starred Review "It's easy to declare that this series, and Tsuge's work, is fantastic." --Manga Bookshelf "Fascinating... one of Japan's most celebrated and reclusive artists." --The Guardian "A revered creator of gegika manga [who works] in a style both spare and lush." --New York Times Book Review "Reading Red Flowers gives a feeling of following Tsuge on his travels, an early example that comics can evoke as much as any form of literature." --BlogCritics "[Red Flowers is] a strong contender for the best book you could read this year, and it doesn't really matter which year you happen to pick it up." --SOLRAD "These stories are interesting and unusual, and it's great to see them given the opportunity for a new audience, and a chance for manga fans to learn more about the history of manga and what has paved the way for what we have today." --Otaku USA "Those with an interest in early literary manga, or an academic interest in manga as a literary form, will want to pick this up." --Anime News Network "I highly recommend this volume and I eagerly await the next." --Newcity
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