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Staff Picks (February): GYO Deluxe Edition Hardcover (MR)

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Plague-carrying WWII robotic zombie sharks are here to eat your girlfriend.

Ridiculous sounding, yes, but horror manga from Junji Ito roils with terrible itchy-scritchy details. Crusty barnacles and rusted metal, crackling timber and splintering teeth, bubbling pus and twisting bones; Ito’s work is visceral, destructive, immediate, and immersive. This manga creator crafted the masterwork UZUMAKI, a story of a town destroyed by spirals (the beautiful hardcover is still available using AUG131498) and he is no stranger to the twin terrors of psychological and body horror. The matching Deluxe Edition of GYO will follow the same high-end formatting as the UZUMAKI hardcover with all volumes of a series collected in a single, oversized hardcover.

Ito aggressively twists his way down the corkscrew of human fears. The pages of GYO practically spasm as he strikes all the nerves. Shudder as silver-fast, clockwork-sounding spider-things scuttle and swarm, rattling and biting faster than you can see. Swallow hard as bits of attackers decay and bubble, popping wet, rotted pockets of stomach-turning stench. Wince as the pressure of inserted tubes, wires, and metallic armature bulge and rupture skin and eyes. Flinch when giant, unthinking predators lunge, rip, and rend flesh. Despair as the creatures emerge from the sea in implacable waves, born from a festering hive beyond reach or control. Read in terror and then get a good night’s rest. 

If you can.

—Sarah Martinez

Article Image c1c9Publisher: VIZ Media
Item Code: FEB151687
Release Date:
4/22/15
SRP:
$22.99
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