post-SONAR, my mind continues being melted by Junji Ito’s Uzumaki, an incredible, meticulously imagined narrative in the form of a Japanese horror manga. “Spiral into horror.” (shout to Matt Madden for the tip)
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I don’t usually remember my dreams. But for the last week, I’ve been dreaming – and remembering – horrible things: a friend stabbed to death, car accidents, waiting for police to arrive after something dreadful has occurred. Fair chance Ito is the source.
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May 13, 2009
Me too! I never remember my dreams, but I’ve been having horrible, apocalyptic nightmares lately. They say the mercury is in retrograde, but I’m not sure what that means exactly
May 13, 2009
Junji Ito owns
May 13, 2009
Junji It0wned.
May 13, 2009
those books made me feel ill and gave me nightmares as well. i would literally feel sick. and crazy.
May 14, 2009
ito is a badman. check “gyo” (http://www.viz.com/downloads/manga/gyo.php), even better than uzumaki for my money. robo-zombie-fish-stench-apocalypse!
there’s a short piece at the end of the second “gyo” book about people walking into human shaped cracks in walls that is mind-blowing, too.
May 15, 2009
The Enigma of Amigara Fault, you can find it online if you google it and i’ll never forget the title (guess why).
May 18, 2009
[...] running for this year’s “least expected link source” award, Jace from the mudd up blog recommended Ito Junji’s Uzumaki. It’s an amazing combination of Edward Gorey, H. P. Lovecraft and [...]
May 20, 2009
I’ve been meaning to read Uzumaki for a while now… and randomly it shows up in front of my face, alongside flu styled mamba.
I spent the better part of the day reading Uzumaki, Gyo & Amigara Fault.
Why did I do that. Now I’m dizzy. Forreals.
June 4, 2009
Yes – Gyo is great, as are the two museum of terror books collecting his Tomie and miscellaneous stories. Amigara fault is probably my favourite Ito.
Also – check out the Hino Horrors. Hideshi Hino’s masterpieces in about 14 small volumes.
June 8, 2009
I haven’t read the manga, but there’s a live action movie which I really enjoyed:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244870/
June 25, 2009
this book is twisted. This one was at once very easy and ontological