Found: AX
I’m sure — close to dead certain, in fact — that I’ve seen AX blogged about elsewhere:
Indeed, 3 seconds and Google gives us the skinny from Same Hat! Same Hat!
They broke this as news 10 weeks ago.
So I’m late to the party. Who cares? Let’s Party:
From the US Publisher:
AX is the premier Japanese magazine for alternative comics. Published bi-monthly for over ten years now, the pages of AX contain the most creative and cutting-edge works of independent comics in the world’s largest comics industry. Now Top Shelf presents a 400-page collection of stories from ten years of AX history, translated into English for the first time! This groundbreaking book includes work by Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Akino Kondoh, Kazuichi Hanawa, Shinichi Abe, and many many more! — Softcover Graphic Novel with French Flaps, 400 pages, 6 ½” x 8 ½”
December. Of this year, 2009, not the December just passed. Going to be a long wait yet. (and yet… it’s already ranking as a pre-order; really far down the list, but still still ranking. Who pre-orders books 11 ½ months in advance?)
