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Search and destroy. Vol. 1 [manga] / by Atsushi Kaneko ; translated by Ben Applegate ; lettered by Phil Christie.

Search and destroy. (other title)
Kaneko, Atsushi, 1966- (author,, illustrator.). Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989 based on work Dororo. (Added Author). Applegate, Ben, (translator.). Christie, Phil (Letterer), (letterer.). Mangasplaining Extra (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary:

"From the cinematic mind of Atsushi Kaneko comes a contemporary reimagining of the timeless, Eisner Award-winning Dororo, by "God of Manga" Osamu Tezuka. This is a tale of rage. Rage against hypocrisy, injustice, exploitation, and the wrongs done to a child who grew into a righteous killer....Complete in three volumes, Search and Destroy transplants the vengeful action of Dororo from feudal Japan into a dystopian future where mercenary robots known as "creatures" serve the human elite and victimize the city's scrabbling, desperate masses. The violent death of one of these creatures connects an orphaned thief named Doro with a mysterious girl in a stinking animal hide that conceals deadly cybernetic implants. Who is this mysterious girl? How is she killing, one by one, the city's most twisted and powerful creatures? Originally serialized from 2019-2021 in the Japanese manga monthly TezuComi, Search and Destroy is a brilliantly-crafted thriller about an outsider looking for meaning and vengeance in the unjust world that took everything away from her. Kaneko populates a stunning, high-contrast setting that echoes postwar Cuba as much as Tokyo with an unforgettable cast of scrappy heroes and skin-crawling monsters on a nonstop ride full of action and suspense. This authorized retelling updates the rebellious '60s spirit of the original Dororo to the equally tumultuous 2020s, mixing Tezuka's signature dark yet playful storytelling sense with Kaneko's own wide range of influences which include Western cartoonists like Daniel Clowes and Charles Burns as well as filmmakers like David Lynch. The result is not only one of the best sci-fi manga of recent years but also one of the most visually rich and distinctive works of graphic storytelling in any genre or language."--Amazon.com.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781683969327
  • ISBN: 1683969324
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (various pagings) : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
  • Publisher: Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books Inc., 2024.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Based on Dororo by Osamu Tezuka."
Manga format; reads from back to front, right to left.
Language Note:
In English, translated from the Japanese.
Subject: Orphans > Comic books, strips, etc. > Fiction.
Thieves > Comic books, strips, etc. > Fiction.
Robots > Comic books, strips, etc. > Fiction.
Revenge > Comic books, strips, etc. > Fiction.
Manga (Comic books)
Genre: Science fiction comics.
Dystopian comics.
Manga.
Comics (Graphic works)
Graphic novels.
Fiction.

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  • 6 of 9 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Harnett County Library.

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