Junji Ito

Junji Ito

 Junji Ito is a Japanese manga artist and writer he was born on July 31, 1963. He’s written many manga and my personal favorite is Long Dream. Junji Ito first began writing and drawing manga as a hobby while working as a dental technician in the early 1990s. His first short story won an honorable mention in Kazuo Umezu Prize later becoming his hit series Tomie( picture on the left.) His work is very different than other manga artist his characters usually find themselves victims of unnatural circumstances for no reason or there punished for major infractions for no real reason. They are suspenseful and keep the reader on their toes and with his unique art style the stories really come to life. Some of the recurring themes of Ito’s work include body horror, seemingly ordinary characters who begin to act out of irrational compulsion, the breakdown of society, deep-sea organisms, and the inevitability of one’s demise.