We’re announcing Spring 2024 titles! Next up is Oba Electroplating Factory by Yoshiharu Tsuge, translated by Ryan Holmberg.
Oba Electroplating Factory is a captivating portrait of mid-century Japan in its most unglamorous nooks and crannies. Glimpses of the artist reflecting upon his life, his work, and his contemporaries pepper the fictional landscape: a wife teases her husband about a former fling on a trip to the hot springs, a young cartoonist is aghast at the cavalier conduct of his seniors, while imperfect men grapple with the discomfort of their own honesty.
Following the breakthrough success of the cult classic Nejishiki, Yoshiharu Tsuge forged a path for autobiographical fiction in manga, changing the cultural landscape of comics forever.
Originally published between 1973 and 1974, the stories of this volume capture Tsuge at his most personal and revealing, including his first earnest attempts at writing for a mainstream adult audience. Tsuge’s humanistic stories are also studies in staging nature, evoking stillness and movement in such a way that renders his chosen settings characters all on their own.
More announcements to come!