sparen ee ar aoe (Soro srecesrieg023 WS8N-0:D96rr9-n2- conyers ke azo, 2004 (ett aay at Seeman 1280. Ae rene Naltmaoe each or mocurcal nua [losin ering, ean searing, any etn Seren nto tonnes ok “Triton Pet Gon Tene hse suo san ko Neb, Gare ‘Senora Gaston toy Hopi rn Mato. Poe eer a es car vena arose oe Pinta Ctra ty Prolong Press Barefoot Gen: Comics After the Bomb ‘An Introduction by Art Spiegelman ‘Gon haunts me Theft ie rad i ws inthe at 1870, erty after 1 bequn weringon Mo, my onn extended coi Pe bcnice oft manta contr oer conl clans. ra asa the me and fad whe igh on fever. Gon ‘ne ts woy no my heat ban wth all to intent of & ‘eveeream bo found mje romembacng Images snd eves ‘Some Gon bocks wit arly tat rads er eam the =r, tere ny Onn, taor he Nakazawa’ | never oret (he people dragging hee oun moti kin as Bay wa hough ‘fe uns of testi, te pniostieken horse on fr eabning rea ss oy fe menace erg ot Fe sores young eee og Gon eal win he veums ofthe tom bomb Sete tnchng. Tre are no Wadaed Gods of SUPE ett, cny tage reese Jt eeed the books recerty ‘Th ga fo ioover that the vdess of Barefoot Gn ‘Srna tom the work feo and nt spy om my fever O; Stor aceustey, emanates for sorting inti to te cersce mam fs and fom the events Nekazewa Wes ‘rough one dope, coerce gy charged madlum, deivengdensly con. conte nlaten rate ew words an smog os ‘open ses fom tat sf 8 model of ow te brain tse thoughts and remembers. We ink cartoons, Comes Traaton denonsttog now wol sued hay ae tana scbon rae ee sores ores, bu te smal eae of the mages and Ee Secness of s medum at has someting in common wit rr res atom comes a id of insacy hat sso mak ter ‘Snpongy wel eed to atobiogrephy. Te a onthe Geveopmert underground comics thee 19008 erty ateogrenhical cris have not ca ect impotant “dene Rarer sil ae works that ovrty ‘iodo reorton between porsona story ané word aed Pamape wes ecaoery ohave a concent of comics 3 ef ad ar forthe mem to move tower aacbiog oP PEST fom nt became mero aware o Keli Nekazae's See Ere Nakazawa, tn 38, wrote and crow a dreclyutologrphical account of suniving the atomic blast at Flrcanna fra Japanos chars cai woo. twas calle. tihng drains, 1 Saw It" A yea itr he Bogan is Gen erow ashy fiona nara also Based on havig son Sian adventre sory of boy caught hol, a"Dssstre ot Wir wih speech baleen. in Jopan tere so gra atached to recing coms theyre consumed in rly stoning nubars (come caries weeklies fave been known esl ove 3 mlon copies fa sng ese) by a classes on agos. Tere are comic devoid io eoxnomic eon mah ong, ad mle Nomesows ov ses designed ‘or pro-pabesoant il, a wel ae moe fall tos of sma, (obots end mara mere | soul confess Io ery Ent Ionlasg of Japanese comics, Toy frm a vas unerlored une (rae only tangensy conneced to my wn. Sometimes tat ‘ome tue a oven sbout pan, and Gen may Be aoe ‘ering pont fx he wal to mest “Io radern conc book sa peccly Weete form (making ita he more eporopate a8 medium fr reparing onthe Nr for brought othe East byte stom Bond), but Japanese comes fave eit qr and ms tat re gut cfr fom cus, nd these must bo lard and scoped 2s part ofthe grocass Stenang Gor. The stanee are often aot og ie ere Gan age report ne cose on 2000 pages), only wi thor ‘ow worts ona pape, swig anette 20-90 book to be read Sng shor corner ide Overt symbol charac ot “Igpanve cries for Nakazawa il aes he orn of loess iVreepoeering sn ht laos erlacably tou tho pages. Kis thera fe passing the Qe of, te lop of open 2nd = maoncmne that gves mun to Gar’ sty "The dope of cena! volncanapanoao comics is icy {ar goa thn cur homegrown pedis. Gata pats fer frosy wallops his Ke wit 2 raquaney and force at we might esl poroewe ae criminal eh abuse fae tan the sign of Sflecion fats nfende. The sequence of Gan brawn wt he hakmars oon and erly Bing his tgets of (erave me, fant rect) especal had fo ewalow, Yet ese cesta mai ‘tala bar pole natura proportions when compared 2 Eso o epg ua mean on con op “The physicanomy of he characters oe loans othe oyna ly uta, wth special emphesia on Disnoythe overslzad Cascasian eye and gona neti taes, Nokazava i ha 5 the wore tender ough i cartoon ae dares fom tat edn Hi dratiomanshp is somental graces, oven home se what much nuance, but igs he joo dens. sae seteset nd proms to ete magic tick of good oat arte character come to vn, Breathing te; The ‘Fatangs greats! vit ets svalghstoreara, Dut sincarty, te Sena nasty allow yout botevs In te unboevabie Sra mpose tng that, ceed happen a Hishima. Ws {he invorbl ato te wines. “inca te sbangenass of be wfaitar kms and cone sofa a apanese comics ongusgo ay sep a nur ore Wola rears conned wih Bis book, ao ofr= (ie cana ptaaurs, Nakazawa i an exceptional ski o- cr coho knows how to hop hi foader’s ation n oer © LIE Oe Tung That unt Be Ta. Ho forts comma velce"a woath of omaon about dsytoay fe 0 warts ‘ean the onetoy of suv witout sowing down the = “Sh nae. Tere te paradox ierent tks er trpleaures te ont fa work that Hanna the ‘eat ofmass death, yet he exposure to another crs are ‘Fbkcenca, the oympathete naan one Sevels th he oor rand re vary nature of raat i a a inti Pry casrtt, pega, by ating the cauess of the Pe Fa etal in to ev of spanese mute rationalin un tne Roapaite of ecto racism and color sa evn, Nakazawa may make bre work a ie fo eS {retard BT sie Carls a very opbmste work, Nakazawa beloves thot he try can have canary ec, at mankind can Be Pero the pant of acing nfs own genuine seferes FRased Gen fea pcky lie hero, emBedjng such vues as Ieee andinustovanest. Nakazawa ah the oo (eh er Goodness may mare te workin some cyical ove 3 Fee tie for Cire, butte undeyng facts tet the at ‘Seporing on his own survival — not simply on the events hel led ugh, bt on te plosophicalpaycotogeal bess fr renee fas wot humanist and urane, demonstra tna sabe rmconoly for empatty among humans i eT {0 save no eater ean:Verte PTE Ome WITH AN INTRODUG PO user ANote from the Author Keli Nakazawa rhe stoic bomb exploded E00 metors above my Noman orn augue 8, 1946 at 615 am. Iwas ae ove 6 a, tang at be back 9 of fe iat wind Lar edo det tay bythe 5000-deao0 het a ean moot ina ig hl the datas of when remain ‘Sosa my orn ae happened Yestordey ee gang. ee eight monte pregnant Oe wa on ae tt oacny of our hous, Nae ust rises ei ta ac sy ad wos turing te go ack ge when oe Soa ae yen The bia iw teen bony, wih ay math Sr ore aly vehi oe Rowse Wracouay, my MOMET inte wit esate, A ear nouse He. The second for enlianeed Sto eng my aor, ny ester EXO, and my bot thee. e9e0 8 water haa bean siting te font deere te, Soom or raped nade the use, begged my mah ree My iy aera ben ruses by arate ana ils estat. ta nor racy ed tot the are off arm, bt she ae erg to oo by reaa. She begged pastry Wp and he, bik nobody woud In tat tome eye at cou wns door), cuting Ty ed er geuy pasting a theatres org Mh aot an ef loedte bat soo reached our house. Woe nat atope tre. My boo yl tate was Dr rey eter kat mean ry rer 1 get come Nala. MY 1 ena it re sd cesperatin, sobbed thal he rota, ham, UL our nex ooor nigh fun eftoter ut in tm ana ragged her a. es othr aye, my moter neve frm he sound of Sie musa and son. ging out for Pa 88 ee sentry nero abr, ane sho gave bth 2a deughtorby theo of th ood that ay. She named the aby ‘Tapato, Bt Tomko ded ony four ments ltr ~ perhaps om ‘hatin permaps rom alan snes we dt know. “Sher exapng te fares near te soa |ound my mother ‘ore tne ended wher pewter baby. Together we sts ‘ashe the scones of hl uflang sound us. iy father nad been salar cf larquer work an atonal: sive epanaae paring. He was ao 2 member ofan an-wer theater group thal paromed plays tke Corky “Tho Lower ‘ope Eventual he thought ple arested te ete troupe {Sn pl hom ne Hrstima Prefectural Piso. My ft wos adore or yor and. het Even whan Iwas a young cid "iy tater constantly fold me hat Japan had been stip end rotvae oar th War, “Thanks, no doubt tomy fer Ionce, | sjoyed dang ronan expe. i tho war Bago readng Guam Teas {amc magecne Sin Tkarjma (Now Toasue ton): that had ‘Thuge mpect on ma Bogan sity copying Trust ings and ted nto 8 manga rari, Hiroshima was en erly SSuncout wassand ao we wart hugry every dy, bu when | ‘row comes, Iw Rapoy and frgt eventing ee, | vowed ‘Sn ono bocome a pefeesoslcateont when | ae uP 1H 01 | pursued ry dea by moving lo Toyo. A yea tr pubtened my fret cartoon sara nite manga monty Shonen {Bano aay! Peto, From hen on was a fabtime caconist 1960, for soven yeas fess, ry mother ded ne A Bomb Visine Hosp! Hota, Wan I wert to the ces ‘Sumo coect erates, wes shocked. Tore were no bones lenny mothers ase, as there rermall are sar a crematon FRitonrve cosa om fe bomb ad eaten away athe Does {Sth ptt at tay dora. The bomb Rad even deprives ‘Bethy mothers bones, wos overeat ag. vowed that Tweed over foe the Japanese mits who tated the Wa. ro tho Amereane who had so casuly dropped the bomb ons. Tegon drawing coms abot he sorb as way 8 ry manor verted my anger tough "lac sores of sh Iona puna an dt manga magazine, =trtng wih Kurt ‘ner Uae (Stk by Black Ra). Then | moved © Shokan ‘Shonen amp (Westy Boy” Jump), whee | began a setes of ‘abouts war athe bomb arg wih A Teen (One Bay, Sudden. When tbe methy eden of sme Tourdhed a sees of eacbiograical works by cartoonist | wna asked fag of wle\my own sary. My 45-p3pe mange auo- ‘Soorety wes ied ro wa Mita Sew Tf). My etx at Jump, [Tun Negano, commenting tet | most have rar saya seen ne wp rat ec coisas ne ay ern oe oko Tay hr Ba ee ne mee pepe teh dama atone ‘Serene oe sane oa So a a a as Cr Soe einer ait enna eae eerie ann Cy aot Seopa ymranetaa rence dm Sn oe Ase Sane meres om Te apo nn ml sy. ge eae Tre me se usin be ra tater pene ae oe Shee canetaictrentbe saan ie seater ceeehcne wp paca Se ea a alten ae Gee ac tng ome ee time eS tant wt Se en i a ego eg sh Soaa ceoMana, hl Ee | ‘Shin help ‘That por a gy's been Throgs mck the IMtrouble ts help im‘Under that sme story yt the et Se Ea eget Tnon Beith ae ores deco for Sonex‘ne of the bombers, named Era Goyer he Blots meter, wos ced wit onerome! rickrames fle 83 ‘11:35 am, on August 6, tree eather planes Yaak off Yor A terre fete nos headed tar Sant cy of Hiroshima The Enola Sy took ‘wife dan "alowed oy two obaervtion lanes. sswhine, ng "far ottechBoson reipaeszuetmin Jessa clos tustnee ) Wenner seeks ele te1 ere, Mane Hatt Sina” tne 3071 Tne, tent “oieahe, HS by bahay need etereasement le rue ar eee pened aa aed Don't be foo! ali pe youSear ee a Seite Semrese eedLet me gol Z want to “hel won to desaison yeapaw ‘ama wt ‘srit fo worse, || sis confacion. 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