Tadao Tsuge's 'Il lupo dei bassifondi' collects his 1969-1976 Garo manga

Coconino Press has released 'Il lupo dei bassifondi', an anthology of manga by Tadao Tsuge originally published between 1969 and 1976 on the magazine Garo. The volume includes a substantial essay by critic Ryan Holmberg and Tsuge's own text 'Duro per sempre'. Born in 1941, Tsuge grew up in postwar Japan's Keisei Tateishi district. He won a prize in 1959 from the magazine Machi for a short work. His manga belong to the gekiga genre, associated with Garo (representing Sanpei Shirato's school) versus rival COM (Osamu Tezuka's school). The stories are autobiographical, depicting suffering, violence, and emotional instability. Tsuge is known for his simple black-and-white style and long dialogues or near-silence in his narratives.