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Gegen den Strom - Eine Autobiografie in Bildern (2009)

von Yoshihiro Tatsumi

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"Acclaimed for his visionary short-story collections The Push Man and Other Stories, Abandon the Old in Tokyo, and Good-Bye--originally created nearly forty years ago, but just as resonant now as ever--the legendary Japanese cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi has come to be recognized in North America as a precursor of today's graphic novel movement. A Drifting Life is his monumental memoir eleven years in the making, beginning with his experiences as a child in Osaka, growing up as part of a country burdened by the shadows of World War II. Spanning fifteen years from August of 1945 to June of 1960, Tatsumi's stand-in protagonist, Hiroshi, faces his father's financial burdens and his parents' failing marriage, his jealous brother's deteriorating health, and the innumerable pitfalls that await him in the competitive manga market of mid-twentieth-century Japan. He dreams of following in the considerable footsteps of his idol, manga artist Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy, Apollo's Song, Ode to Kirihito, Buddha)--with whom Tatsumi eventually became peers and, at times, stylistic rivals" -- from publisher's web site.… (mehr)
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3.5. I really liked watching the development of the forms Tatsumi would eventually become famous for, especially the various arguments about the nature, future, and mechanics of manga the author has, mostly with his brother. That relationship, in fact, was the most compelling part of this memoir for me. ( )
  localgayangel | Mar 5, 2024 |
The book certainly drifted alright. While I enjoy Tatsumi's work a considerable degree, reading his autobiography was more like reading a slideshow of events that mattered to the author. There was no thematic thread that kept everything together and made the book feel... meaningless.

While there are intriguing moments where the author slowly beings to conceptualize his concept of "Gekiga" throughout his professional career, these trace moments of insight are few and far between. Along with it, Tatsumi simply hasn't lived that interesting of a life to acquire 800 pages. While his artistic style may carry his work (I've always been a sucker for it), again, what there is to look forward to in this book is few and far between.

The ending where he understands that Gekiga only works under the rumbling rungs of anger, not simply grit, and, spoiler, along with the epilogue where he describes attending Osamu Tezuka's 7th annual funerary ceremony, were both incredibly touching and sweet.

Overall, the book is left a bloated mess that, while stylistically softens my heart, has too little to say. ( )
  AvANvN | Mar 27, 2023 |
While I appreciate the work that went into this graphic novel, and the work that it describes, I did not feel at all engaged while reading it, though I persisted to the end. Perhaps this is due to lack of knowledge about the context or the setting or the history, but I can't see myself reading this again. ( )
  resoundingjoy | Jan 1, 2021 |
Stylistically, there is not much to be said: this is a work by a master. Both the drawing and the text dance and merge so well together, over time, that this, more-than-800-pages, leaps out at the reader and makes for an interesting read, no matter if you're "into" comics, graphic novels or manga (and, indeed, gegika) or not.

Tatsumi writes of his life as a young manga lover. He reads, discovers, and at the same time experiences life, love and family troubles, mainly through his ill brother.

While this is a far cry from modern graphic novels, Tatsumi uses space - both in text and in drawings - to great advantage, which I always feel is one of the hallmarks of a master at her or his trade. His tale is one of marvel: at the manga world, at reading, at creating, at becoming forced to deal with the business side of his passion for manga, while growing up. His family's problems and fortés spring at the reader, and he, our protagonist, finds love, in some ways.

I found the ending to be the most non-likeable part of this book. While it's explosive in one way, it's still left the reader hanging, and I wonder: is there more? ( )
  pivic | Mar 21, 2020 |
I'm a sucker for the 800 page comic you can really sink your teeth into. ( )
  rorytoohey | Mar 1, 2019 |
To cover only 15 years in so many pages tells you that Tatsumi isn’t shy about delving into detail. It takes him over 250 pages just to graduate from high school, although he was also drawing during that time. I would have rather seen a bit less, with more of his later life included.
 
When an American journalist, remarking on Yoshihiro Tatsumi's growing popularity in the United States, suggested that the manga master must be similarly well-known in his own country, Tatsumi laughed and explained that there are not, at present, any venues in Japan willing to publish his work. That being the case we must be particularly grateful to his Canadian publisher, Drawn & Quarterly.
hinzugefügt von dcozy | bearbeitenThe Japan Times, David Cozy (Jul 12, 2009)
 
Tatsumi’s art is a tiny bit rougher around the edges than his older work, but still immensely detailed, and his smooth storytelling is a pleasure to read.
 
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"Acclaimed for his visionary short-story collections The Push Man and Other Stories, Abandon the Old in Tokyo, and Good-Bye--originally created nearly forty years ago, but just as resonant now as ever--the legendary Japanese cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi has come to be recognized in North America as a precursor of today's graphic novel movement. A Drifting Life is his monumental memoir eleven years in the making, beginning with his experiences as a child in Osaka, growing up as part of a country burdened by the shadows of World War II. Spanning fifteen years from August of 1945 to June of 1960, Tatsumi's stand-in protagonist, Hiroshi, faces his father's financial burdens and his parents' failing marriage, his jealous brother's deteriorating health, and the innumerable pitfalls that await him in the competitive manga market of mid-twentieth-century Japan. He dreams of following in the considerable footsteps of his idol, manga artist Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy, Apollo's Song, Ode to Kirihito, Buddha)--with whom Tatsumi eventually became peers and, at times, stylistic rivals" -- from publisher's web site.

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