From the classic "Dororo" to the remake "Search & Destroy" through the magazine "Tezucomi", Osamu Tezuka is in the spotlight of manga in France -
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The publisher Delcourt / Tonkam reissues the major works of Osamu Tezuka in a prestige version, like
Dororo
released in early February
A
Dororo
remake
is also available with
Search & Destroy
, one of the many adaptations and tributes of its characters and universes.
Several French artists revisit his work in
Tezucomi
magazine
God of manga, dad of
Astro Boy
and
King Leo
, Japanese equivalent of Hergé… Osamu Tezuka had the right to all denominations, but despite his 700 works and 170,000 plates signed during his lifetime, he remained a long time unrecognized in France .
Fortunately, the advent of manga in the country, the second largest consumer in the world after Japan with nearly one in two comics sold in 2020, has allowed it to be honored with the publication of its major works, and more, at various editors, until an event retrospective at the Angoulême Festival in 2018.
Today is even the time for reissues, with the work of Delcourt / Tonkam and the prestige editions of his masterpieces
The story of the 3 Adolf, Barbara
,
The Life of Buddha
,
MW
,
Kirihito
, or, beginning February,
Dororo
.
A sort of Pleiade of the manga, which the publisher accompanies with tribute adaptations.
French artists, Tezuka fans
For his 90th birthday in 2018, Osamu Tezuka was even dedicated to a monthly magazine,
Tezucomi
, with 18 issues of 400 pages where artists from all backgrounds were invited to revisit and reclaim his universes.
The French edition will offer a
best of
in three volumes and will focus on French authors.
The first, already available, allows you to discover a
Leo King
in the purest Shônen style of Reno Lemaire, the author-designer of
Dreamland
.
Screenwriter JD Morvan (
Sillage
) is interested in one of the last works of the master,
Midnight
, and his night taxi driver.
Elsa Brants (
Save me Pythie
) and Bertrand Gatignol (
Les Ogres-Dieux
) take on the mythical character of Black Jack, shadow surgeon, for an unprecedented operation.
"Dororo", the mix of genres
As for Florence Torta and Philippe Cardona (
Sentaï School
,
Noob
), they chose
Dororo
“for his mix of genres, at the same time SF, medieval and traditional Japanese” - each author is interviewed after his homage.
Hyakkimaru was born amputated 48 parts of his body offered to demons and replaced by prostheses, some of which are weapons.
Accompanied by Dororo, a petty thief, he searches for a place to live in peace but never ceases to fight against evil spirits.
Another mangaka was inspired by
Dororo
, and not the least.
Atsuhi Kaneko (
SOIL
,
Deathco
) signs a
post-apo and cyberpunk
remake
of
Dororo
with
Search and Destroy
, the first chapter of which is available in
Tezucomi
and the first volume already available in bookstores.
If he takes liberties with the original material (Hyaku becomes a woman), it is to better install his own universe and his own reflection on the theme of identity.
"Ayako", prefer the original to the copy
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for
Ayako, the child of the night
, a contemporary rereading of Tezuka's tragic masterpiece by Kubu Kurin, a cartoonist until then best known for his hentai, pornographic works.
The editor evokes "an erotic charge", which seems quite inappropriate for this drama on the sequestration then the reconstruction of an illegitimate child.
Confirmation, and discomfort, from the first pages and a drawing with curves and voyeurism.
Better to reread the original, both beautiful and cruel, available in full, always at Delcourt / Tonkam.
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