Ax (manga)
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is a Japanese underground manga
anthology
. In October 2008, North American publisher Top Shelf
announced that it will release a 400-page selection of underground manga stories called AX Collection, edited by Sean Michael Wilson
. AX has featured manga artists
such as Suehiro Maruo
, Shinichi Abe, Nishioka Kyoudai, Naoto Yamakawa, Usamaru Furuya
, Toshio Saeki, Akino Kondoh, Yoshihiro Tatsumi
, and Toyo Kataoka.
Underground comix
Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books which are often socially relevant or satirical in nature. They differ from mainstream comics in depicting content forbidden to mainstream publications by the Comics Code Authority, including explicit drug use, sexuality and violence...
anthology
Anthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
. In October 2008, North American publisher Top Shelf
Top shelf
Top shelf may refer to:* Pornographic magazines, which are kept on the top shelf in newsagents, out of the reach of children...
announced that it will release a 400-page selection of underground manga stories called AX Collection, edited by Sean Michael Wilson
Sean Michael Wilson
Sean Michael Wilson is a comic book writer from Edinburgh, Scotland, but who now lives and works in Japan.-Biography:Wilson was inspired to create comics at an early age by 2000 AD but he largely published poetry while studying sociology and psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University and Edinburgh...
. AX has featured manga artists
Mangaka
is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
such as Suehiro Maruo
Suehiro Maruo
, is a Japanese manga artist, illustrator, and painter.-Biography:Maruo graduated from junior high school in March 1972 but dropped out of senior high school. At the age of 15 he moved to Tokyo and began working for a bookbinder...
, Shinichi Abe, Nishioka Kyoudai, Naoto Yamakawa, Usamaru Furuya
Usamaru Furuya
is a Japanese manga artist. He graduated from Tama Art University where he majored in oil painting and developed an interest in sculpting and Butoh dance....
, Toshio Saeki, Akino Kondoh, Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Yoshihiro Tatsumi
is a Japanese manga artist who is widely credited with starting the gekiga style of alternative comics in Japan, having allegedly coined the term in 1957....
, and Toyo Kataoka.