Kazuo Umezu
Articles
Kazuo Umezu (1936-2024): so long and thanks for all the screams
Kazuo Umezu has died at the age of 88, leaving behind an incredible legacy of horror manga for us all.
Kazuo Umezu: In His Own Words by John A. Lent
From TCJ #254 (July 2003): mangaka Kazuo Umezu (Umezz) talks to John A. Lent about The Floating Classroom, the heart’s sound and much more.
Umezu Kazuo: Japanese Overtures to Madness and Death
In this review from TCJ #233 (May 2001), Ng Suat Tong provides an overview The Floating/Drifting Classroom series and Umezu/Umezz’s sensibilities.
Kazuo Koike, 1936-2019
Remembering the writer of Lone Wolf and Cub, Crying Freeman, Lady Snowblood, and many more things than were deemed fit for our local eyes.
“Making Something Look Really Cool Isn’t My Goal”: The Ryan Cecil Smith Interview
A conversation with the young cartoonist behind SF and Two Eyes of the Beautiful about making comics that are best read in their printed form, the difference between homage and inspiration, and cross-cultural exchange.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (11/2/11 – All Souls’ Post)
I could use a saint right now too.
