![]() It would be a good introduction to his work. It’s a Tomie story with less gore, reprising Ito’s usual themes of madness, desire, female beauty, and perception. “Venus in the Blind Spot” – a sweet, weird story about a girl who vanishes from your visual field when she gets close. Spot the panel that inspired The Human Centipede. You’ll think of COVID19, of course, but the corpses-stitched-together visual could be an equally good comment on social media, which erupted like a cancer years after the story’s release. People are forced into isolation by a sinister force that kills them when they gather together. “Billions Alone” – 2004 Junji Ito stares into a crystal ball and perfectly predicts the world of 2022. It’s not clear why these particular stories were chosen, or why others (such as “Mystery Pavilion”, “Phantom Mansion”, etc) were missed. ![]() The rest is previously uncollected material. Three are adaptations of prose works from Edogawa Rampo and Robert Hitchens. ![]() It’s the same basic idea as Metallica’s Garage Days Re-Revisited – odds and ends that don’t fit anywhere. Four stories are bonuses from Gyo, Remina, and Black Paradox. ![]() It’s an English release of The Best of Junji Ito, which was collected in 2019 by Shogakukan Big Comics Special. A collection of shorts from everyone’s favorite dentist, Junji Ito. ![]()
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