Jiro Taniguchi's VENICE is an amazing comics travelogue that is among this master's final - and finest - works. Taniguchi passed away earlier this year, but has left an amazing and voluminous legacy of manga (comics by any other name is still comics) that will continue to be an inspiration to all who follow.  His meditation on space and in particular on architecture as the embodiment of human history and culture will slowly seep into readers consciousnesses as they read this work and pore over these pages...