{"product_id":"nekojiru-udon-isbn-9781681379838","title":"Nekojiru Udon","description":"\u003cb\u003eA cult classic of alternative manga that follows two cuddly-looking cat siblings as they embark on dreamlike, darkly comic adventures of casual cruelty and spiritual horror.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning in 1990, Japanese readers of the legendary comics magazine \u003ci\u003eGaro\u003c\/i\u003e were treated to something entirely new: stories of humor, cruelty, and deep nihilism all told through a pair of smiling cartoon cat siblings, Nyaako and her little brother, Nyata.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten and drawn by the self-taught artist Chiyomi Hashiguchi under the pseuodym Nekojiru, \u003ci\u003eNekojiru Udon\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark delight. Newly translated by award-winning translator Alexa Frank, this edition collects all three volumes of the series in English for the first time.\u003cb\u003eChiyomi Hashiguchi\u003c\/b\u003e (1967–1998), also known by the pen name \u003cb\u003eNekojiru\u003c\/b\u003e, was a self-taught manga artist who gained popularity in Japan’s 1990s alternative manga scene. She died by suicide in 1998.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexa Frank\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning editor and translator of Japanese. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the Fulbright program, she has translated over twenty volumes of manga, most recently Fumiko Takano’s \u003ci\u003eMiss Ruki\u003c\/i\u003e for New York Review Comics, Nazuna Saito’s \u003ci\u003eOffshore Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e (which won her the 2024 Sophie Castille Award and was nominated for the 2024 Ignatz Awards), and Kyoko Okazaki’s \u003ci\u003eRiver’s Edge\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for the 2024 Eisner Awards). She lives in New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe Kessler\u003c\/b\u003e is a cofounder of the UK comics publisher Breakdown Press and the author of several comics collections and graphic novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Gull Yettin\u003c\/i\u003e, published by New York Review Comics in 2023.","brand":"New York Review Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233429303525,"sku":"NP9781681379838","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781681379838.jpg?v=1767733609","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/nekojiru-udon-isbn-9781681379838","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}