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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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The Shadow Out of Time – Another Masterly Lovecraft Adaptation by Gou Tanabe and Dark Horse

  • by Edward Picot
  • December 11, 2025

In the year 1908, Dr Nathaniel Peaslee is delivering a lecture in politics and economics at Miskatonic University, when he suddenly has an attack of some kind, and loses consciousness….

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“His Life Was Dedicated to Japan” – Zack Davisson on ‘Tōno Monogatari’ and the Legacy of Shigeru Mizuki

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 23, 2021

It’s safe to assume Zack Davisson spends as much time in the spirit world as he does in Seattle. It comes with the territory, given his roles as writer, lecturer,…

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Tōno Monogatari – Shigeru Mizuki Introduces New Readers to the Supernatural Wonder of this Japanese Classic

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • March 17, 2021

It’s interesting to consider that one of the most popular versions of Tōno Monogatari, Japan’s supernatural literary classic, was born because of one man’s desire to protect his country’s cultural…

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