Publisher Living the Line has unveiled a new publishing imprint, Smudge. Smudge is a line of pulp, horror, and dark mystery manga, curated and translated into English by award-winning historian Ryan Holmberg.
Smudge is set to debut in Spring 2024 with cult classic Her Frankenstein headlining the inaugural issue. Originally published in 1986, Kawashima Norikazu’s Her Frankenstein marks the bizarre and sadomasochistic finale to a cult era in Japanese horror comics. A few years after it was published, the author burned all of his artwork and abandoned Tokyo, never to be heard from again.
This history is further elucidated in an essay included in the volume by cartoonist Kawakatsu Tokushige.
Her Frankenstein will be available in spring of 2024. The 208-page book will retail for $19.95 and will include almost 20 pages of color extras, including a cover gallery and guide to Kawashima’s work.”
Source: Graphic Policy
