Never open it : the taboo trilogy / Ken Niimura ; translation: Stephen Blanford ; rewrite: Josh Tierney and Antonio Nunez Sanchez ; lettering: Abigail Blackman.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781975325831 (pbk.) :
- ISBN: 1975325834 (pbk.) :
- Physical Description: 396 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Yen Press edition.
- Publisher: New York : Yen Press, 2021.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Chiefly illustrations. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Never open it -- Empty -- Promise. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Taboo > Comic books, strips, etc. Japan > Folklore > Comic books, strips, etc. Graphic novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Town of Hanover Libraries.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Howe Library | YA Graphic Novel N | 31254003810153 | Teens - Lower level | Available | - |
BookList Review
Never Open It: the Taboo Trilogy
Booklist
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Three ancient, traditional Japanese myths get fabulously, subversively transformed in Tokyo-based, Spanish Japanese graphic creator Niimura's (Henshin, 2014) irresistible latest. "Never Open It" was, once upon a time, "Urashima TarÅ," a "Rip Van Winkle"-like tale about a fisherman who saves a turtle from further abuse and is rewarded with a visit to the underwater Dragon Palace, only to return home to find he's been away for more than a century. Niimura's Taro gets an older savior who changes his lonely fate. "Empty" originates from "IkkyÅ«-san," about the (mis)adventures of a fifteenth-century Buddhist monk. Here, Niimura embeds the more familiar story of Ikkyu as a contrary, mischievous apprentice into a parable of experienced wisdom. Niimura saves the best for last with "The Promise," which enhances the classic "The Crane Wife" into a mecha revenge thriller, transforming the avian weaver into a furious force of destruction. Blanford, who translated Niimura's Eisner-winning Umami digital series, returns to bring this collection to English-language readers. As absorbing as Niimura's storytelling is, his extraordinary art proves even more engrossing. Drawn in black-and-white strokes of various weights with occasional, critical additions of eye-popping red, Niimura's urgent panels vary in size and movement throughout, often unable to contain the movement from page to page. The result is a poignant, passionate display of magnificently elevated storytelling.