Cigarette Girl

By Masahiko Matsumoto

Welcome to the quiet, evocative urban dramas of Masahiko Matsumoto, one of the leading lights of the Japanese alternative-comics movement known as "gekiga." Originally published in 1974, these eleven stories now form the first English-language collection of Matsumoto's mature work. His shy, uncertain heroes face broken hearts, changing families, money troubles, sexual anxiety, and the pressures of tradition, but with a whimsy and lightness of touch that is Matsumoto's trademark. With a new introduction by Matsumoto's well-known colleague, the late Yoshihiro Tatsumi.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603093826
• ISBN13: 9781603093828
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.2"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher