BIG ON JAPAN: A Fistful of International Artists Croon The Country's Cultural Praises — AND THEN SOME.

Recently, I've been doing my best to mimic a literary ostrich since I've had my head buried deep inside assembly of the next novel.

Trouble is I have trouble picturing a big bird with a hardback and a pair of spectacles, wrapped in Harris tweed.

Pretty Amazonia sketch by Juan Andres Saavedra

And I say assembly, because this brute not only deconstructs 1930s detective noir and 1960s Marvel comic book lore, but renovates them together as a conjoined tome over 100,000 words in length — stitched together by 35 images from 28 artists.

Front cover by Rodolfo Reyes

It's the way comic books, after all, work in the real world.


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