Category: | Book |
By (author): | Matsumoto, Taiyo |
Series: | Sunny |
Subject: | COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / General |
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Literary | |
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Manga / General | |
FICTION / Graphic Novels | |
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga | |
Publisher: | VIZ Media LLC |
Published: | April 2014 |
Format: | Book-hardcover |
Pages: | 216 |
Size: | 8.25in x 5.75in x 0.70in |
From The Publisher* | A story of childhood longing and dreams as only Eisner Award winner Taiyo Matsumoto (Tekkonkinkreet) could tell it. What is Sunny? Sunny is a car. Sunny is a car you take on a drive with your mind. It takes you to the place of your dreams. Sunny is the story of beating the odds, in the ways that count. It's the brand-new masterwork from Eisner Award-winner Taiyo Matsumoto, one of Japan's most innovative and acclaimed manga artists. Translated by Tekkonkinkreet film director Michael Arias! The third installment of this poignant series focused on the young lives of a group of foster children explores the tenacity of the their hopes and persistence of their insecurities. |
Biographical Note | Taiyo Matsumoto is best known to English-reading audiences as the creator of Tekkonkinkreet, which in 2006 was made into an animated feature film of the same name, directed by Michael Arias. In 2007, Matsumoto was awarded a Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award, and in 2008 he won an Eisner Award for the English publication of Tekkonkinkreet. |