Tadao Tsuge is one of the pioneers of alternative manga, and one of the world’s great artists of the down-and-out. Slum Wolf is a new selection of his stories from the late Sixties and Seventies, never before available in English: a vision of Japan as a world of bleary bars and rundown flophouses, vicious street fights and strange late-night visions. In assured, elegantly gritty art, Tsuge depicts a legendary, aging brawler, a slowly unraveling businessman, a group of damaged veterans uniting to form a shantytown, and an array of punks, pimps, and drunks, all struggling for freedom, meaning, or just survival. With an extensive introduction by translator and comics historian Ryan Holmberg, this collection brings together some of Tsuge’s most powerful work—raucous, lyrical, and unforgettable. ContentsSentimental Melody (Garo no. 55 (January 1969))The Flight of Ryokichi Aogishi (Garo no. 57 (March 1969))Sounds (Bijutsu Techo, supplemental booklet (February 1971))Punk (Garo no. 87 (February 1971))Wandering Wolf: The Bloodspattered Code of Honor and Humanity (Garo no. 105 (May 1972))Legend of the Wolf (Yagyo no. 6 (June 1976))Bum Mutt (Yagyo no. 7 (June 1978))Vagabond Plain (Garo no. 146 (October 1975), Garo no. 149 (January 1976))The Death of Ryokichi Aogishi (Garo no. 112 (December 1972))Always A Tough Guy At Heart (Tadao Tsuge)The Vagabond (Ryan Holmberg) — Description from Comic Vine community (comicvine.gamespot.com).
