![]() ![]() ![]() Some horror creeps up on you, Ito's leaps screaming at your face. But ultimately he's unlike anyone else in his ability to create images that seem drawn from a highly specific, personal, and primordial well of utter darkness. Ito switches among Lovecraft-inspired investigations of cosmic menace, body horror in the manner of filmmaker David Cronenberg, and tales of terror emerging from the most mundane sources, reminiscent of Stephen King. A successful painter, shaken by an encounter with a mysterious young woman, commits an act of awful violence in an attempt to restore his confidence. Shiver is a manga collection of nine short stories picked by Junji Ito and presented with accompanying notes and commentary. A city is attacked by enormous, floating heads. A recording of a recently deceased woman crooning becomes a source of obsession for anyone listening. ![]() This personally curated collection of nine favorite short stories produced over the span of his career serves as a superb introduction to his work. For close to three decades, Ito ( Tomie Dissolving Classroom) has been one of the most thrilling and innovative creators of horror manga in the world. Published late last year by VIZ Media, the American home for most of Ito’s work, Shiver translates a 2015 Japanese volume of 10 short stories curated by the horror-manga master himself. ![]()
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