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1926 -1939 SHIGERU MIZUKI (NEW PTG)

SHOWA HISTORY OF JAPAN GN VOL 01 1926 -1939 SHIGERU MIZUKI (

Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan lays the groundwork for Eisner award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki's historical and autobiographical series about Japanese life in the twentieth century. Depicted against his trademark photorealistic backdrops, Mizuki effortlessly portrays a nation forced into a period of upheaval and brings history into the realm of the personal. Indeed, as a child coming of age in the Showa era, the author's earliest memories coincide with key events of the time.

(W/A/CA) Shigeru Mizuki

1939-1944 SHIGERU MIZUKI (NEW PTG)

SHOWA HISTORY OF JAPAN GN VOL 02 1939-1944 SHIGERU MIZUKI (N

Showa 1939-1944: A History of Japan continues Eisner award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki's historical and autobiographical account of Japanese life in the twentieth century. This volume covers the devastation of the Sino-Japanese War and the first few years of the Pacific War-a chilling reminder of just how harsh life in Japan was during this hostile era. Pivotal events like the attack on Pearl Harbor are reframed as part of a larger context detailing the country's brutal military expansion into Southeast Asia and elsewhere.

(W/A/CA) Shigeru Mizuki

1944-1953 SHIGERU MIZUKI (NEW PTG)

SHOWA HISTORY OF JAPAN GN VOL 03 1944-1953 SHIGERU MIZUKI (N

Showa 1944-1953: A History of Japan continues Eisner award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki's historical and autobiographical account of Japanese life in the twentieth century. In this volume, the tail-end of the Pacific War and its devastating consequences upon the author and his compatriots loom large. Two rival navies engage in a deadly game of feint and thrust, waging a series of ruthless military campaigns across the Pacific islands. When the United States unleashes the atomic bomb it is the ultimate, definitive blow. The catastrophic fallout from both explosions surpasses the limits of popular imagination.

(W/A/CA) Shigeru Mizuki

1953-1989 SHIGERU MIZUKI (NEW PTG)

SHOWA HISTORY OF JAPAN GN VOL 04 1953-1989 SHIGERU MIZUKI (N

Showa 1953-1989: A History of Japan concludes award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki's stunning historical and autobiographical series about Japanese life in the twentieth century. The final volume picks up in the wake of utter defeat in World War II, covering the United States' shift from enemy to ally. Jobs, money, and opportunity are funneled along in a bid to establish the country as a bulwark against Communist expansion. Japan thus reinvents itself, emerging as an economic powerhouse. This period of peace and plenty conceals a populace still struggling to come to terms with the devastation of their all-too-recent past.

(W/A/CA) Shigeru Mizuki