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NBM presented BF with a preview of The Story Of Lee, Vol.1, out now.

THE STORY OF LEE, Vol.1

Sean Michael Wilson & Chie Kutsuwada

Lee, living in Hong Kong, meets Matt, a fine young Englishman. Their relationship becomes stronger by the day, despite their deep cultural differences. But there is Lee’s Dad to contend with who views this affair very suspiciously. And there is another contender for Lee’s heart, a Chinese young man, whose jealousy takes on twinges of xenophobia. Will Lee and Matt’s relationship successfully cross the cultural divide and overcome the negative odds? Two worlds collide creating good sparks… and bad ones.

The Story of Lee reunites Sean Michael Wilson (editor, Ax: Alternative Manga, Top Shelf Comics) and Chie  Kutsuwada (Shakespeare's As You Like It for Self-Made Hero), the creative team behind last year's adaptation of a famous Japanese tale Hagakure (Kodansha Int’l.)

Sean is himself a Scott (with a proud brogue, we might add) living quite happily somewhere in Japan, Chie is a Japanese leaving in London. Who better to tackle such a tale?


"The fear of cultural imperialism, the dread of loss, the collapse of family, the still-prevalent and widespread sexism in both Eastern and Western society - big themes, but present in every intercultural love story. Chie Kutsuwada's delicate art and Sean Michael Wilson's frank script sum up the tensions in 'The Story of Lee'. This isn't just a book for teens, but something parents should read, both to remember their own years of surging hormones and thunderous emotions, and to understand the strange land their children inhabit."

- Helen McCarthy, author of 'The Art of Osamu Tezuka'.
"I very much enjoyed ' The Story of Lee.' It took me to a place I'd never been before - not just Hong Kong, which Wilson and Kutsuwada bring vividly to life. But equally as interesting was the way that the creators explore the worlds of their interesting and complex characters. It's the worlds of these characters that makes 'The Story of Lee' so memorable."
- Jason Sacks, Comics Bulletin.

5 x 71/2, 160pp., B&W, trade pb.: $11.99, ISBN 978-1-56163-594-8