Tokyo These Days, 2 Manjit Thapp to be an equal master

to be an equal master of black-and-white

and moving strips

will the bollocks live long enough to get to the top

It’s a lengthy and detailed portrait of a young woman working at a restaurant in late-’70s Oakland and the cast of characters around her — some of them shady

In Book Two

Tokyo These Days, 2 Manjit Thapp to be an equal masterBy Taiyo Matsumoto. Published by Viz Media. Hardcover, 224 pages, B&W, 2024 (originally published in Japanese in 2021) The winner of multiple Eisner Awards, author Taiyo Matsumoto explores the relationships between a manga editor, manga creators, art, and the rhythm of life these days. After 30 years as a manga editor, Kazuo Shiozawa suddenly quits. Although he feels early retirement is the only way to atone for his failures as an editor, the manga