Lone Wolf and Cub Gallery Edition

by Kazuo Koike

Kazuo Koike's samurai epic is a tour de force of graphic fiction, and Lone Wolf and Cub Gallery Edition features selections of the late Goseki Kojima's spectacular illustration reproduced at original size on heavy-stock art paper to preserve the work in detail as it exists today, as close as one can come to owning these rarest of artworks. Including in its entirety the final titanic clash between Ogami Ittō and Yagyu Retsudo. this deluxe volume is must for collectors and for enthusiasts of the finest comic art ever created.

Reproduced from high-resolution scans at original size from the original art created over forty years ago!

Accompanied by corresponding reproductions in English.

Lone Wolf & Cub is an internationally acclaimed classic of graphic fiction.

216 pages, Hardcover

Published July 17, 2018

About the author

Kazuo Koike (小池一夫, Koike Kazuo) was a prolific Japanese manga writer, novelist and entrepreneur.

Early in Koike's career, he studied under Golgo 13 creator Takao Saito and served as a writer on the series.

Koike, along with artist Goseki Kojima, made the manga Kozure Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub), and Koike also contributed to the scripts for the 1970s film adaptations of the series, which starred famous Japanese actor Tomisaburo Wakayama. Koike and Kojima became known as the "Golden Duo" because of the success of Lone Wolf and Cub.

Another series written by Koike, Crying Freeman, which was illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, was adapted into a 1995 live-action film by French director Christophe Gans.

Kazuo Koike started the Gekika Sonjuku, a college course meant to teach people how to be mangaka.

In addition to his more violent, action-oriented manga, Koike, an avid golfer, has also written golf manga.

Reviews

[Nick Nguyen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must for anyone who admires this masterpiece. Lone Wolf and Cub porn at its best.

Wonderful 1:1 reproductions of the original pages so that readers can finally appreciate the intricate detail and economy of brushstrokes and lines. Nice touch to show the entirety of the saga's last chapter in original page format - reading it in this format makes a strong argument that Koike and Kojima are out-Leoning Sergio Leone with their masterful handling of time, space, drama, and emotion.

[Mike Reiff · Rating 5 out of 5]

An astonishing archival achievement, reproducing from scans the original work by Kojima, pencil markings and artist’s tape and all, all building up to a faithful dual reproduction of the final issue in both English and Japanese. Along the way we get a sense of how manga is created in its native language and how it is translated, see the evolution of Kojima’s cinematic style, and essays and biographical sketches flesh out the golden duo’s life. There’s mention of a series of graphic adaptations Kojima made of Kurosawa’s films. Someone needs to get translating that asap!!

[Ada]

***Why not***
This looks very cool but I didn't really enjoyed the story nor the art style. Sometimes I get stuff to have the bragging rights but in this case I'm ok to let it be.