OTOMO | THE COMPLETE WORKS 6 | G.....

Synopsis

A collection of seven short comics and a series of double-page short comics, with a focus on two medium-length series created by Katsuhiro Otomo between 1979 and 1980 when he was 25-26 years old. The title work depicts the battle between former German military mercenaries involved in a civil war in a small African country 『G....』 Although it had not been published in book form until now, it was finally possible to record all four episodes (approximately 80p/unfinished“ ”a phantom work. The depictions of ground battles and fighter planes in the story are impressive, and it is a masterpiece that exudes drawing and production skills that will later lead to 『I'm already in the mood for war』 and 『AKIRA』. In addition, there are a total of 4 episodes of the novella 『A Saint Comes to Town』 depicting the turmoil and miracles caused by the visit of a famous jazz band from yesteryear to Japan, and a children's story parody series serialized in the music magazine "rockin'on" with a 2-page spread. 『Katsuhiro Otomo's full of nutrition!』 Contains all episodes. Other short stories included are 2 from 『Sayonara Nippon』 『1981/Futabasha), 1 from 』Hansel and Gretel『 (1981/Sony Magazines), 』In Her Thoughts...『 (1990/Kodansha), 2 from 』SOS Greater Tokyo Expedition 1996/Kodansha). The short story 『DON QUIJOTE』 was changed in the book when it was first recorded by swapping the left and right sides of the frame and opening it to the right, but in this book it has been returned to its original original shape and read left-opening