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Exclusive Preview: The Ultra Power Mongol Invasion – Shintaro Kago’s Alternate History Saga is Coming from Fantagraphics in November

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 14, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! It’s time for another exclusive preview today at BF as part of our Fantagraphics celebrations. Today’s it’s the turn of Shintaro Kago’s The Ultra Power Mongol Invasion…

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Brain Damage – Shintaro Kago Pushes Absurdist Horror to New Extremes, from Fantagraphics

  • by Lydia Turner
  • February 23, 2026

In 2018, manga artist Shintaro Kago burst onto the comic scene with his English debut: Dementia 21 (reviewed here at Broken Frontier), a collection of absurdist short stories. Reminiscent of…

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Dementia 21 – Shintaro Kago’s Eerie Adventures in Caregiving Combine Bleak Comedy and Social Commentary

  • by Robin Enrico
  • February 18, 2019

Shintaro Kago’s Dementia 21 is a surprising graphic novel in that it takes his well-known ability to render characters in grotesque situations and uses it as a way to tackle…

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