Crumb this… Genesis that… Yadda, yadda, yadda…. Where’s the hoopla for The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga?!
It officially came out yesterday and I had mine pre-ordered, so it arrived on my doorstep today. (Curiously, Amazon appears to be out of them already.) It’s a truly beautiful book. I’ve not really even looked at the the interior yet, but here are a few pics of the exterior:
As you can see, it comes with a plastic dust jacket. The title is actually printed on the dust jacket iteself, so if you remove it, it’s just Astro Boy on the cover. It’s hard to see from the picture, but Astro Boy there is actually a raised eighth-inch thick die cut piece of board that’s attached to the cover. (I’ve got to figure out a way to git rid of that DVD sticker thing, though.)
As you can see, it does indeed come with a DVD documentary about Tezuka, apparently made just to go along with the book. It’s mounted into the back cover.
… And here’s how you get at the DVD: the inside back cover. I dig those endpapers. They’re schematic diagrams of Astro Boy.
Thanks inlaws-who-gave-me-an-Amazon-gift-code-for-my-birthday!
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