Finally, this classic is back in print in a luxurious softcover edition with excellent production values, supercrisp printing on nice, off-white, lighly textured paper that is every bit as good as the hardcover, about which we wrote:
The Strange Tale of Panorama Island is an adaptation of a novella by Edogawa Rampo (a psuedonym that is, roughly, the Japanese pronunciation of Edgar Allan Poe) – widely considered the godfather of Japanese detective fiction (as Poe was for American detictive fiction) – that runs to 272 pages. It was originally serialized in Japanese in Comic Beam from 2007 to 2008. This edition presents a translation by Ryan Sands and Kyoko Nitta in a book beautifully designed by Evan Hayden – who also provided the English lettering. High quality printing and binding round out this excellent package. Set in 1920s Japan, The Strange Tale of Panorama Island involves a wealthy industrialist, death, impersonation, hedonism and, above all, secrets and mysteries – Suehiro Maruo's forte. Page after page of stunningly drawn, finely rendered comics that build to a surreal crescendo.
