Alley: Junji Ito Story Collection

"Every night, a young man hears children playing outside his boarding house--but the alley below his window is fenced off from the world. Then, when a young woman's family starts acting strangely at the same time she begins having bizarre dreams, she decides to stay with her aunt, but the town she heads for has neither addresses nor road. Also, an all-you-can-eat ice cream bus that's more sinister than sweet"--

Publisher Marketing: Junji Ito made his professional manga debut in 1987 and since then has gone on to be recognized as one of the greatest contemporary artists working in the horror genre. His titles include Tomie and Uzumaki , which have been adapted into live-action films; Gyo , which was adapted into an animated film; and his books Black Paradox , Deserter , Fragments of Horror , Frankenstein , Lovesickness , No Longer Human , Remina , Sensor , Shiver , Smashed , Soichi, The Liminal Zone , Tombs , and Venus in the Blind Spot , all of which are available from VIZ Media. He is a four-time Eisner Award winner. In 2019 his collection Frankenstein won in the "Best Adaptation from Another Medium" category, and in 2021 he was awarded "Best Writer/Artist," while Remina received the award for "Best U.S. Edition of International Material (Asia)." Lovesickness won "Best U.S. Edition" in 2022. Publisher Marketing : Another of Junji Ito's classics, the sci-fi masterwork Remina tells the chilling tale of a hell star. Something is rotten in Okinawa...the floating stench of death hangs over the island..What is it? A strange, legged fish appears on the scene...so begins Tadashi and Kaori's spiral into the horror (and stench) of the sea. Here is the long-awaited new horror manga series from the Eisner-nominated creator of Uzumaki , Junji Ito. Every night, a young man hears children playing outside his boarding house--but the alley below his window is fenced off from the world. Then, when a young woman's family starts acting strangely at the same time she begins having bizarre dreams, she decides to stay with her aunt, but the town she heads for has neither addresses nor roads... Also, an all-you-can-eat ice cream bus that's more sinister than sweet! Legendary horror author Junji Ito presents ten bloodcurdling short stories. Review Citations: School Library Journal 10/01/2024 pg. 75 (EAN 9781974736034, Hardcover)

Format: Hardcover | Pages: 344 | Publication Date: 2024-07-23