Onward towards our noble deaths

Shigeru Mizuki ; translation by Jocelyne Allen ; [with an introduction by Frederick L Schodt]
Book - 2022

"The book that brought pre-eminent Manga-ka Shigeru Mizuki to the English-speaking world Kokopo, 1943. A platoon of soldiers is ordered into battle. The objective is death. The alternative is certain execution as a consequence of survival. Inspired by Eisner Award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki's own mandatory tour of duty as an active combatant in the Imperial Japanese Army, Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths portrays a flailing infantry unit on its last legs near the end of the Second World War. This deeply personal and landmark anti-war work could only have been made by a pacifist. The desperation and moral depravity on display is devastating. Mizuki's fanciful characters must make do against a photo-realistic backdrop teeming with tropical life that remains inhospitable. Indeed, commanding officers prove even more ferocious than the wild unknown of Papua New Guinea. And yet the human instinct endures, seeing through the absurdity of such a rigid and outdated command structure with gallows humor."--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mizuki, Shigeru, 1922-2015 (Author, Illustrator)
Other Authors: Allen, Jocelyne, 1974- (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Japanese
Published: [Montreal, Quebec] : Drawn & Quarterly, [2022]
Edition:Second paperback edition.
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