Junjis work is different from most horror media. Junji Ito has become a horror icon and can scare anyone with his unruly plotlines and horrific panels. He started in the mid-80s with Tomie being his first published work. Two of those are 5/10s, and I do find it kinda interesting seeing Junji Ito clearly iterating on concepts within these one shots. Junji Ito, the master of horror, has made terrifying horror manga over the last three and a half decades. It's worth noting that this collection includes all of the same stories as Ito Junji's 9th Horror Comic Collection (plus more stories). And feir grotesque, body-horror style of artwork worked very well to depict the Creature. Junji Ito did do a great job of turning that story into a manga though. One of the weak points in Junji Ito's stories is the characters, so I think Frankenstein benefitted from being based on someone else's characterizations. Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection Hardcover 30 Oct. And then on top of that, there are several stories which I would rate as 5/10s (which is pretty solid for Junji Ito one shots): The Strange Tale of Oshikiri The Strange Tale of Oshikiri: The Walls and Face Firmly in Place. Junji Ito made his professional manga debut in 1987 and since then has gone on to be recognized as one of the greatest contemporary artists working in the horror genre. I very much like Junji Ito's Frankenstein manga (I'd rate it an 8/10) and that manga takes up a sizeable 40-50% of the pages within this volume.
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