Yoshihihiro Tatsumi

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"A life in the margins": Yoshihihiro Tatsumi by Bubble #Manga Yoshihihiro Tatsumi is one of those great guardians of manga for several generations of authors, both for his intimate and realistic approach to Japanese society and for his graphic style. He is one of the founders of the author's manga and an instigator of the "Gekiga", a new form of fiction rooted in everyday life, in reaction to the then popular " Story Manga " and embodied in Tezuka's works. Her work marks a key moment for the manga industry and if it is now recognized, it has taken a little time to emerge in France. Already 2 volumes of an anthology of his works have been published (out of 5 planned: This city will kill you, Nothing will make you come into being) in a format that is intended to be as complete and focused on the author as possible. New graphics that address in conservative Japan in the 60s and 80s strong subjects such as love rid of romance, non-idealized family life or delicate themes such as abortion, illness, suicide, debasing work... Short stories that question morality through engaging and very lively characters. The whole is striking and powerful, one discovers or rediscovers the work of one of the greatest mangakas and his sharp eye on his time. The publisher proposes a comparison with Balzac and his construction of his Comédie humaine in the preface to the book that Tatsumi maliciously approved. Yoshihihiro Tatsumi drew his memoirs in A Life in the Margins. An autobiography on his mangaka journey, his early readings, his encounter with the creators of the time, the publishing world, the Gekiga revolution: all against the backdrop of a social chronicle on post-war Japan. Poverty, unemployment, social unrest,... the great themes that have made the success of the gekiga find their origins in the childhood of this character. After its defeat and its confiscation by the USA, Japan is in trouble and the most fragile social classes will pay a high price. It is in this harsh and austere climate that our manga enthusiast hero - a new medium dominated by the prodigy Osamu Tezuka, whose codes and reading habits are rapidly evolving - will guide his life around this practice. Like many of his peers, he trained at a very young age, copying the illustrators and mangas of the moment and placing himself as an assistant to accomplished draftsmen. The path of this author's alter ego will reveal his greatest achievement: drawing, drawing and drawing, with practice as the only school. His style and way of representing the world have forged a graphic school and influenced many contemporary artists. The dark tone contrasts with the luminous drawings, and the violence of the situations is served by a light staging. Through his boards and his cutting, he succeeds in taking us on this exploration without artifice of stories that often end badly. But it is above all his themes and his sense of direction that will make this young designer the master of a new genre. Rewarded in many countries for this testament work, this diptych has occupied the last ten years of Yoshihihiro Tatsumi's life. Disappeared in 2016, he bequeaths us a strong and endearing testimony to a life of work and creation that is always in touch with reality. Tatsumi's works tend to be universal and touch us with his personal approach. A poetic and artistic way of seeing the world that does not ignore the human condition and the issues of its time. By Thomas Mourier A life in the margins: Yoshihihiro Tatsumi Two volumes at Cornelius - finished series. "Bubble click and collent" 22 Nov 2019 #Gekiga #Japon #Une Vie Dans Les Marges #Yoshihiro Tatsumi

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