Helter Skelter
Fashion Unfriendly
$28.29
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2013
Summary
The latest edition to Vertical’s new women’s comic line is the woman who led the way for the current generation of Japanese josei (women’s) comickers, Kyoko Okazaki. In her most important work, she dives into the dark side of the Japanese fashion industry by looking at the extremes models take to stay relevant in that world, which is so focused on beauty.
If you are aware of fashion in Japan, you must have seen Liliko’s face. For the last few years, she has been at the top of the mode…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781935654834 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1935654837 |
| Author: | Kyoko Okazaki |
| Publisher: | Vertical Inc. |
| Imprint: | Vertical Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 352g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 211mm x 148mm |
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In 2004 Helter Skelter was honored in Japan with the two top awards for Japanese comics: Winner of the 2004 Japan Media Arts Award Winner of the 2004 Osamu Tezuka Cultural Award
In 2004 Helter Skelter was honored in Japan with the two top awards for Japanese comics:
Winner of the 2004 Japan Media Arts Award
Winner of the 2004 Osamu Tezuka Cultural Award
About The Author
Kyoko Okazaki
Kyoko Okazaki, born December 13, 1963, is considered by many as one of the mothers of josei (women’s) comics. Renowned for her minimalist designs and tendency to cover controversial themes, Okazaki began her career in adult comics in the 1980s. While studying at Atomi University, Okazaki made her debut in Cartoon Burikko, an experimental adult comic anthology primarily aimed at men. Okazaki would then turn her focus to women’s issues. Focusing on the issues of contemporary young women, Okazaki never shied away from street culture, high fashion and drug use in her narratives. She would then take on her first long-running series called Tokyo Girls Bravo, a comic published in a fashion magazine. Okazaki has been in retirement since the end of the last century as she recovers from a life-threatening traffic accident. Okazaki has received both the Japan Media Arts Award and the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Award for her work on Helter Skelter, which was adapted into a motion picture in 2012.
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