Akira, Volume 1 Al Columbia By Laura Gao

By Laura Gao

examines the human condition within the natural order at the extremes of the unknown

Drawn in traditional inks

sometimes heartbreaking

a thoughtful meditation on memory

Akira, Volume 1 Al Columbia By Laura GaoBy Katsuhiro Otomo. Published by Kodansha. Softcover, 352 pages, B&W, 2009 (originally published in Japanese in 1982) Welcome to Neo Tokyo, built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by a blast of unknown origin that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, making him a target for a shadowy agency that will stop at nothing to prevent