Shiver : selected stories / story & art by Junji Ito ; translation & adaptation, Jocelyn Allen ; touch-up art & lettering, James Dashiell ; "Painter" translation and adaptation, Naomi Kokubo ; "Painter" touch-up art & lettering, Eric Erbes.
Translation of: Itō junji jisen kessakushū. Originally published in Japan in 2015 by Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc., Tokyo, through Tohan Corporation, Tokyo. Manga format; reads from back to front, right to left.
Contents:
Fashion model : cursed frame. Shiver -- Fashion model -- Hanging blimp -- Marionette mansion -- Painter -- The long dream -- Honored ancestors -- Greased -- Fashion model : cursed frame.
Summary:
"This volume includes nine of Junji Ito's best short stories, as selected by the author himself and presented with accompanying notes and commentary. An arm peppered with tiny holes dangles from a sick girl's window... After an idol hangs herself, balloons bearing faces appear in the sky, some even featuring your own face... An amateur film crew hires an extremely individualistic fashion model and faces a real bloody ending... An offering of nine fresh nightmares for the delectation of horror fans."--Amazon.
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