![]() ![]() ![]() Created in 1987 while Ito was working as a dental technician, the first Tomie story earned its author an honorable mention in a contest judged by horror legend Kazuo Umezu. Tomie Complete Deluxe Edition, released last week in a stunning hardcover from VIZ Media, corrects one of the most glaring absences in English-language Ito libraries by bundling the manga-ka’s saga about the irresistible titular girl into one massive collection. ![]() Modern American fans of Japanese horror auteur Junji Ito likely know him best from Uzumaki and Gyo, as well as various short chillers ( “The Enigma of Amigara Fault”) that became popular online as illegal, creepypasta-like “scanlations.” While Dark Horse, ever a pioneer in horror and manga, translated some of Ito’s short stories over a decade ago, his work didn’t crack the wider American comic-reading consciousness until recent years, and Dark Horse’s volumes had fallen out of print by the time Ito began to receive credit in the English-speaking world. ![]() As American readers, our perceptions of foreign artists-and even foreign art forms-are shaped by what is imported and when. ![]()
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