by strobe_z » Sat Apr 05, 2008 9:53 pm
Getting information from Chapters.ca - I think this is the first confirmation we've had of actual publication dates. Looks like volume 2 will only be 2 months later. Hopefully that means once we get rolling we'll be getting our Black Jack fix regularly...
Black Jack, Volume 1
Author: Osamu Tezuka
List Price:$20.00
Online Price:$13.20
Format:Trade Paperback
Published:September 23, 2008
Dimensions:300 Pages, 0 x 0 x 0 in
Published By:Vertical Inc.
ISBN:193428727X
Black Jack, Volume 2
Author: Osamu Tezuka
List Price:$20.00
Online Price:$13.20
Format:Trade Paperback
Published:November 18, 2008
Dimensions:300 Pages, 0 x 0 x 0 in
Published By:Vertical Inc.
ISBN:1934287288
From the Publisher
Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. Though a trained physician, he refuses to accept a medical license due to his hatred and mistrust of the medical community''s hypocrisy and corruption. This leads Black Jack to occasional run-ins with the authorities, as well as from gangsters and criminals who approach him for illegal operations.
Black Jack charges exorbitant fees for his services, the proceeds from which he uses to fund environmental projects and to aid victims of crime and corrupt capitalists. But because Black Jack keeps his true motives secret, his ethics are perceived as questionable and he is considered a selfish, uncaring devil. The Black Jack series is told in short stories. Each volume will contain 16-20 stories, each running approximately 20-24 pages in length.
Black Jack is recognized as Osamu Tezuka''s third most famous series, after Astro Boy and Kimba, the White Lion.
About the Author
Osamu Tezuka (1928-89) is the godfather of Japanese manga comics. He originally intended to become a doctor and earned his degree before turning to what was then a medium for children. His many early masterpieces include the series known in the U.S. as Astro Boy. With his sweeping vision, deftly interwined plots, feel for the workings of power, and indefatigable commitment to human dignity, Tezuka elevated manga to an art form. The later Tezuka, who authored Buddha, often had in mind the mature readership that manga gained in the sixties and that had only grown ever since. The Kurosawa of Japanese pop culture, Osamu Tezuka is a twentieth century classic.
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