ChronOtomo | Otomo Katsuhiro Chronology: May 1986

Futabasha has republished SHORT PEACE (ショート・ピース), previously published by Kisōtengaisha in 1979; the first book that collected Katsuhiro Otomo's short stories originally published in various magazines from 1976 to 1978. This new edition is larger in size and pages count as it includes an extra story not included in the previous edition. At the end of the book there is a detailed list of every comic published by Otomo from his debut in 1973 to February 1983.

INTRODUCTION by OTOMO:

This book, SHORT PEACE is a reprint of a volume originally published in March 1979 (Showa 54) by the now-defunct Kisōtengaisha.

In truth, I had planned to publish it exactly as it was, but the editorial department said, “We’d at least like to make the format a bit larger,” and “If it’s going to be larger, the page count won’t be enough, so we’ll need to add another piece.” In that case, I replied, “Then I’d like to keep the two-color pages as they are.” To which the editors responded, “Because of printing constraints, the order will differ from the original edition”… And so, with no end to people’s desires, we finally ended up even revising the cover.

Perhaps when you revisit and alter a book from seven years ago, it inevitably becomes somewhat grotesque—as this cover seems to reflect.

At the time, this was my first-ever collection of works, and I remember enjoying the whole process of making the book—choosing the design, the typesetting, and so on. Looking at it now, including the content and technique, it does feel rather immature in many ways. But then again, my present self is not so different… Those were short but happy days.

With that reflection in mind, please go ahead and read this Short Peace.

BOOK DETAILS

Publisher : Futabasha (双葉社) ACTION COMICS

Publication date: 1986-V-15

Language: Japanese

Number of pages: 223

Size: A5

Retail price:￥720

ISBN-10: 4-575-93033-4

ISBN-13: 978-4-575-93033-7

AVAILABILITY

Amazon JP: http://amzn.to/SnCkBi

Amazon US: http://amzn.to/1O4ikkw
Amazon CA: http://amzn.to/1O4ijwR
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1AD50ui
Amazon DE: http://amzn.to/1Crc6Xl
Amazon FR: http://amzn.to/1DzPeXk
Amazon IT: https://amzn.to/2LIuc2h
Amazon ES: https://amzn.to/2YI58fu

COLLECTED STORIES

●YUME NO SOOKYUU (夢の蒼穹)
Published in Manga Action Zoukan (漫画アクション増刊)
1・7 | 1976-XII-13 | 22 pages | B&W

●OKASU (犯す)
Manga Action Zōkan (漫画アクション増刊)
8・9 | 1976-VII-19 | 25 pages | B&W

OTHER JAPANESE EDITIONS:

This book was originally published by Kisōtengaisha in 1979-III-10, it doesn't include the story YUME NO SOOKYUU (夢の蒼穹) story and it has a different cover design.
●SHORT PEACE (ショート・ピース)

Pages

●MANGA● AKIRA part 72

●BOOK● SHORT PEACE (ショート・ピース) re-release

Pages

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●MANGA● AKIRA part 72

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●BOOK● SHORT PEACE (ショート・ピース) re-release