graphic novel · Japan

2008

Created by
Yoshihiro Tatsumi

JP

Cover of A Drifting Life

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A Drifting Life.

劇画漂流

A Drifting Life (Japanese: 劇画漂流, Hepburn: Gekiga Hyōryū) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Tatsumi that chronicles his life from 1945 to 1960, the early stages of his career as a manga artist. It was originally serialized in Mandarake's catalog magazines, Mandarake Manga List from 1995 to 1998 and Mandarake ZENBU from 1998 to 2006. It earned Tatsumi the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and won two Eisner Awards.

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Type
graphic novel
Country
Japan
Published
2008
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Language
English
The story

A Drifting Life, in three panels

  1. 2008. A Drifting Life begins in Japan.

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    Cover of A Drifting Life
  2. Also by Yoshihiro Tatsumi

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