--- product_id: 8606243 title: "Black Blizzard Paperback – April 13, 2010" brand: "yoshihiro tatsumi" price: "€ 94.48" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/8606243-black-blizzard-paperback-april-13-2010 store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # Black Blizzard Paperback – April 13, 2010 **Brand:** yoshihiro tatsumi **Price:** € 94.48 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Black Blizzard Paperback – April 13, 2010 by yoshihiro tatsumi - **How much does it cost?** € 94.48 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/8606243-black-blizzard-paperback-april-13-2010) ## Best For - yoshihiro tatsumi enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted yoshihiro tatsumi brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Black Blizzard Paperback – April 13, 2010 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51eFrNnKiAL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Will the pianist lose his hand? A highly engaging early work from the founder of "gekiga" manga... *by E***K on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 4, 2020* Over the past few centuries, industrialized mass culture has allowed the proliferation of so many fantastic creative works that getting lost forever in the seething morass seems like an inevitable fate for even highly successful artistic creations. Cultural collective memory can only process so much, after all, and aging works must perpetually compete against not only compelling new releases within their own genres, but also against brand new forms of art and entertainment. The process has repeated itself numerous times, such as radio undermining the popularity of writing in the early twentieth century, then television gradually pushed aside both radio and writing. More recently, interactive video games have taken a large market share from the once dominant art form of passive motion pictures, leaving writing, radio and television not obliterated, but definitely dethroned from their once exalted positions. Books especially no longer command the attention that they once enjoyed in the cultural forefront. Far fewer people today probably see writing as a gateway to fame and fortune. Despite all of this, long out of print and seemingly forgotten artists and works somehow reappear from the musty dustbins of popular culture. This seems almost impossible given the increasingly shorter attention span and back breaking competitive nature of popular media, but, incredibly, even a work seemingly as lost as Yoshihiro Tatsumi's 1956 manga "Black Blizzard" can find itself back in print over fifty years later.A large number of ancillary things had to occur to allow for such a miraculous resurrection, of course. Had Tatsumi not later become the legendary founder of "gekiga" manga, this earlier work likely would have remained completely unknown to successive generations. Not to mention the unending popularity of the manga form itself, still a robust survivor in the "should be" struggling world of art printed on paper. This has ignited interest in its beginnings and in its many exploited permutations. "Gekiga" manga, arguably manga "for adults" or "literary manga," saw a strong resurgence in the early twenty-first century, even in English translation, thanks to publishers such as the Canada-based "Drawn & Quarterly." Tatsumi, especially with his profoundly disturbing and unforgettable reissued collections such as "The Push Man," "Good-Bye" and "Abandon the Old in Tokyo," became a focal point for this excursion into the ink-drawn past. The translated reprint of "Black Blizzard" appeared after these anthologies, but it originally predated them all. First published when Tatsumi was only twenty-one years old, its narrative style differs considerably from his more acclaimed work. Essentially, it fits comfortably within the crime thriller noir genre. Though it undoubtedly contains some elements of Tatsumi's later work, it doesn't carry as much social, existential or philosophical impact as his 1960s output and beyond. Still, it provides a highly entertaining read that Tatsumi fans should explore, though its surprise ending format arguably doesn't stand up to repeated readings as much as his later work. The plot relies on a series of unknown connections and, once known, the story becomes slightly disposable. This of course perfectly represents the genre and the times that Tatsumi worked in, namely, the 1950s and 1960s manga rental books industry. In this "fast fiction" world, "Black Blizzard" came and went along with numerous other titles.This industry's gradual collapse led directly to Tatsumi's later work, as he explains in a fascinating interview at the end of the book. "Black Blizzard" apparently targeted children, which explains the style and the small number of the then painstakingly produced color pages, which this reprint preserves. Tatsumi also responds to a question about why this work differs so much from his later work. As the rental market vanished under the pressures of television and weekly manga magazines, he explains, he found himself writing more for young adults than for children, so he needed to alter his style to meet the demands of the times. He apparently made only a meager living from manga throughout his life, but he must have made at least enough to keep going. Thankfully he did continue, because his style expanded and evolved beyond this early work into a deeply profound art that still stands up solidly today. "Black Blizzard" doesn't manifest this pinnacle, but it helped to make it possible, so it provides a valuable glimpse into his origins. The interview suggests that market forces largely drove his work's subsequent innovations. As to his feelings about the work in later life, his answer borders on the deliberately provocative: "bringing this work out as a book now is like exposing something shameful and private from my past that I'd rather keep hidden from sight - so I have conflicting feelings about it." Though artists tend to remain hypercritical of their own work, very few readers will likely share, or even consider, this view of the book. The story's chilling climax alone, where the antagonist and hero, handcuffed together, decide who will lose their hand, thereby freeing the pair, by whoever passes out from drinking a sedative placed in only one of two cups, will loom ominously over readers even after the plot lines get resolved. Though by no means Tatsumi's best work, "Black Blizzard" still has plenty to offer from a historical and developmental perspective, but it also happens to have a highly engaging and enjoyable narrative. Tatsumi fans shouldn't miss it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Surprisingly Amazing *by J***A on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 18, 2021* The media could not be loaded.  I was expecting something less intense, but the book was action packed and it was better than I thought it would be. It is also a very fast read that you can finish in 1 or 2 days. I would recommend this book to anybody. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A piece of manga history! *by J***A on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 24, 2021* A really great story in its own right that might be overshadowed by its historical significance which in a way is a shame but it is hard to overstate this manga as look into the kashi-hon lending library era of manga. Highly recommend. 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