I.L. La ragazza dai mille volti

Tezuka se marca historietas a lo "Blanco humano", sobre una mujer capaz de mimetizar a cualquier otra persona y utiliza ese poder para esclarecer/solucionar todo tipo de problemas: asesinatos, tramas políticas, corrupciones empresariales, crímenes de guerra... Lo mejor, aparte de la variedad y lo bi Leggi tutto

Having written and drawn in the order of 100 000 pages of comics during his long career, Osamu Tezuka is a creator with a highly diverse body of work. It’s no wonder then that I had never heard of I.L before it was released in English; it’s easy for a smaller story like this to disappear into the se Leggi tutto

Film director Daisuke Imari was once the toast of the Japanese film industry but now has hit a creative wall. Fearing that the era of fantasy and wonder in film has been replaced by a thirst for realism, Imari struggles to find a place for himself in the landscape of contemporary filmmaking. Taking

Another entry for Tezuka's catalogue of bizarre tales, this one is an anthology with the recurring titular shape shifter and the human director she's paired with, as they handle various cases for clients. Think something like Pet Shop of Horrors. I do think that overall, part one of this manga is the Leggi tutto

Onori e applausi alla BD per aver voluto ripubblicare l'opera omnia di Tezuka; personalmente, però, ritengo questa una delle cose più deboli dell'autore giapponese (pur sempre rimanendo nell'ambito dell'eccellenza, beninteso). La storia di I.L e delle sue trasformazioni viene portata avanti di capito Leggi tutto

Some of this has aged very roughly, but it’s still so fascinating. Also, I love the art. Content warnings: sexual assault, violence against women.

3* e mezzo