Talk to My Back — Drawn & Quarterly
Issue: #1
A celebrated masterwork shimmering with vulnerability from one of alt-manga's most important female artists.Now that we've woken from the dream, what are we going to do?" Chiharu thinks to herself, rubbing her husband's head affectionately.Set in an apartment complex on the outskirts of Tokyo, Murasaki Yamada's Talk to My Back (1981-84) explores the fraying of Japan's suburban middle-class dreams...
Creators: Ryan Holmberg, Murasaki Yamada