Comments on: Abandon the Old in Tokyo

By: Read About Comics » Ax Vol. 1

Read About Comics » Ax Vol. 1 — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:02:52 +0000

[...] alternative manga) releases from Drawn & Quarterly (with books like The Push Man and Abandon the Old in Tokyo), it’s been fun seeing some of the different genres and styles of manga being produced in [...]

By: swept away in a deluge of details « braking teeth

swept away in a deluge of details « braking teeth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:38:41 +0000

[...] help see it as the canary in the mine of our modern culture. Are things really as bleak as some Japanese self portraits would have me believe? Is Japan at the edge of a decadent empire that chooses to fester rather than [...]

By: Read About Comics » A Drifting Life

Read About Comics » A Drifting Life — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:00:25 +0000

[...] Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s comics into English. They’ve already released three collections of his short stories, ones which reek of discomfort and alienation among every day, real people. I was a little wary, [...]

By: Pratap Bhat

Pratap Bhat — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:07:20 +0000

This is an amazing book by an author of intense thought. Anyone who browses this page has to read this book!

By: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Josei, mysteries, and speculation

MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Josei, mysteries, and speculation — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:13:18 +0000

[...] Fumi Yoshinaga manga, What Did You Eat Yesterday?, at Sleep Is For The Weak. Greg McElhatton reads Abandon the Old in Tokyo at Read About Comics. At Manga Xanadu, Lori Henderson reads an out-of-print classic, vol. 2 of [...]

By: tony

tony — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:24:44 +0000

Reading your report,I am very interested in Yoshihiro Tatsumi.I will read it some day.

By: jose

jose — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:48:21 +0000

I’ll have to check this one out. I had read his first collection, The Pushman, and was surprised by how misogynistic many of the stories were. Lots of timid guys whose worlds were turned upside down by heartless women. Despite this, I still enjoy them as a cultural artifact, plus his cityscapes are beautiful. I’m curious to see how his storytelling advanced over the years.