Drawn & Quarterly made it official, they're taking on the series Gegege No Kitaro. I'm excited, because although I've already found a source of reading this great manga, I can now support the works of Shigeru Mizuki. My wife just surprised me with a copy of NONNONBA,

which is also by Shigeru, and published by D & Q. it's a really good book, and it's made well, I can't wait to see what they do with my favorite yokai.

Totally with you on this one . . . . I'm really excited to get a chance to own GeGeGe no Kitaro in English. I hope they sell enough to be able to keep publishing the whole series!

I really liked NONNONBA and Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths too

* edit * Up on the D&Q site:



Kitaro by Shigeru Mizuki

IN STORES JANUARY 2013
MEET ONE OF JAPAN’S MOST POPULAR CHARACTERS OF ALL TIME–THE ONE -EYED MONSTER BOY

Meet Kitaro. He’s just like any other boy, except for a few small differences: he only has one eye, his hair is as an antenna that senses paranormal activity, his geta sandals are jet-powered, and he can blend in to his surroundings like a chameleon. Oh, and he’s a three hundred and fifty year old yokai (spirit monster). With all the offbeat humor of an Addams Family story, Kitaro is a light-hearted romp where the bad guys always get what’s coming to them. Kitaro is bestselling manga-ka Shigeru Mizuki’s most famous creation. The Kitaro series was inspired by a kamishibai or paper theatre entitled Kitaro of the Graveyard. Mizuki’s series was created in 1959, and first appeared in Shonen comics magazine for boys, but quickly became a cultural landmark for young and old alike. Kitaro inspired half a dozen TV shows, plus numerous video games and films, and its cultural importance cannot be overstated. Presented to North American audiences for the first time in this lavish format, Mizuki’s photo-realist landscapes and cartoony characters blend the eerie with the comic.

Paperback, 6.44" x 8.75", Partial Color

ISBN: 9781770461109

$24.95 US / $24.95 CDN