Yoshihiro Tatsumi

Yoshihiro Tatsumi (辰巳 ヨシヒロ, Tatsumi Yoshihiro, June 10, 1935 – March 7, 2015) was a Japanese manga artist who is widely credited with starting the gekiga style of alternative comics in Japan, having allegedly coined the term in 1957.[1] His work frequently illustrates the darker elements of life.

Yoshihiro Tatsumi
辰巳 ヨシヒロ
Tatsumi in 2010
Born(1935-06-10)June 10, 1935
Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan
DiedMarch 7, 2015(2015-03-07) (aged 79)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Area(s)Writer, Penciller, Inker
Notable works
A Drifting Life

Biography

His work has been translated into many languages, and Canadian publisher Drawn and Quarterly took part in a project to publish an annual compendium of his works focusing each on the highlights of one year of his work (beginning with 1969) that produced three volumes, edited by American cartoonist Adrian Tomine. According to Tomine, this is one event in a seemingly coincidental rise to worldwide popularity along with: reissued collections of his stories in Japan, acquisition of translation rights in a number of European countries, and competition for the rights for Drawn and Quarterly.[2]

A full-length animated feature on the life and short stories of Yoshihiro Tatsumi was released in 2011. The film, Tatsumi, is directed by Eric Khoo and The Match Factory handled world sales.[3]

Death

Tatsumi died of cancer at the age of 79 on March 7, 2015.[4][5]

Awards

Tatsumi received the Japan Cartoonists Association Award in 1972. In 2009, he was awarded the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for his autobiography, A Drifting Life. The same work garnered him multiple Eisner awards (Best Reality-Based Work and Best U.S. Edition of International Material–Asia) in 2010 and the regards sur le monde award in Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2012.

Bibliography

English publications
  • Midnight Fishermen (Landmark Books, 2013) ISBN 9789814189385
  • Fallen Words (Drawn & Quarterly, 2012) ISBN 9781770460744
  • "Love's Bride" in the anthology AX: alternative manga, edited by Sean Michael Wilson (Top Shelf Productions, 2010)
  • Black Blizzard (Drawn & Quarterly, 2010)
  • A Drifting Life (Drawn & Quarterly, 2009)
  • Good-Bye (Drawn & Quarterly, 2008) ISBN 978-1-897299-37-1
  • Abandon the Old in Tokyo (Drawn and Quarterly, 2006) ISBN 978-1-894937-87-0
  • The Push Man and other stories (Drawn and Quarterly, 2005)
  • Good-Bye and other stories (Catalan Communications, 1988) ISBN 978-0-87416-056-7

In German
  • Geliebter Affe und andere Offenbarungen, Carlsen Comics 2013, 978-3-551-72326-0

In Japanese
  • Tsuru shobō ("Children's Island"), 1954[6]
  • Thirteen Eyes (Hinomaru Bunko, 1954)
  • Hinomaru Bunko ("The Man who Laughs in the Darkness"), 1955
  • "The People of the Valley Inn," in Shadow no. 2 (1956)
  • "It Happened One Night," Shadow no. 4 (July 1956)
  • Nakamura shoten ("A Handshake in the Graveyard"), in Secret Room no. 1 (1960–61)
  • Dynamic Action (Sanyōsha, 1961)
  • Tatsumi Yoshihiro Action (Sanyōsha, 1961)
  • "The Graveyard of the Sea," Gekiga Magazine no. 1 (Satō Pro, 1963)
  • Gekiga College (Hiro shobō, 1968), a manifesto
  • Hitogui zakana ("Man-Eating Fish"), (Napoleon Books, 1970)
  • Hitokuigyo (1973) OCLC 673412591
  • Turkish Bath Bastard (Geibunsha, 1978)
  • The Army of Hell (Jigoku no gundan, 1982–83)
  • Shoot the Sun (Taiyō o ute, early-mid-1980s)
  • Gekiga Living (Gekiga kurashi, 2010), prose

Notes
  1. Garner, Dwight (April 14, 2009), "Manifesto of a Comic-Book Rebel", The New York Times
  2. Tatsumi, Yoshihiro (April 10, 2012). The Push Man and Other Stories. Introduction: Drawn and Quarterly. ISBN 978-1770460768.
  3. Frater, Patrick (2011-02-07). "Tatsumi finds match with Factory". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 2011-05-09. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
  4. Johnson, Rich (8 March 2015). "Yoshihiro Tatsumi Passes Away, Aged 79". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  5. Weber, Bruce (13 March 2015). "Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Formative Manga Artist, Dies at 79". New York Times. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  6. Holmberg, Ryan. "Tatsumi Yoshihiro, 1935-2015," The Comics Journal (MAR. 12, 2015).

References
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