Horror Picture Book: Looking at Me
$25.49
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2026
Summary
Junji Ito’s original oil paintings are haunting in this luscious, creepy picture book!
Deceptively simple picture books with sinister stories.
The world is full of faces. They’re everywhere, yet no one seems to notice…
Horror master Junji Ito collaborates with award-winning author Soshichi Tonari to transport you to a child’s world so haunting it just might make you scream.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781974762729 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1974762726 |
| Author: | Junji Ito, Soshichi Tonari |
| Publisher: | Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc |
| Imprint: | Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2026 |
| Weight: | 344g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 279mm |
| Series: | Horror Picture Book: Looking at Me |
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Junji Ito
Soshichi Tonari was born in 1991 in Niigata. Looking at Me won the Horror Picture Book Contest. The story reflects his interest in the uncanny, the psychological, and the way aspects of the everyday can evoke horror and dread. He is a cinephile and an avid reader who enjoys strength training and walking.
Junji Ito made his professional manga debut in 1987, and he is now recognized as one of the greatest contemporary artists in the horror genre. His long-form masterpieces include Gyo, No Longer Human, Tomie, and Uzumaki, and his short stories have been collected into volumes such as Alley, Deserter, Shiver, Smashed, The Liminal Zone, and several more. Ito’s professional memoir, Uncanny: The Origins of Fear, details the influences and experiences that led to his becoming a horror manga artist.
Masao Higashi is a critic and scholar of horror and fantasy literature born in 1958 in Kanagawa. He served as editor-in-chief of the fantasy magazine Genso Bungaku and the ghost-story journal Yu, both of which he founded. His critical study Tono monogatari to kaidan no jidai (The Tale of Tono and the Era of Ghost Stories) won Best Critical/Biographical Work at the 64th Mystery Writers of Japan Awards.
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