{"product_id":"cat-eyed-boy-the-perfect-edition-vol-02","title":"Cat-Eyed Boy: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 02","description":"                                            \u003cb\u003eA deluxe hardcover edition of Kazuo Umezz's Eisner Award-nominated classic collection of horror stories featuring a strange cat-eyed boy, shunned by humans and demons alike.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n Hated by humans and demons alike, Cat-Eyed Boy dwells in the shadows of the human world. Wherever he goes, disturbing tales of both men and monsters begin to unfurl.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n From the mind of Kazuo Umezz, undisputed master of Japanese horror manga and creator of \u003ci\u003eThe Drifting Classroom\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOrochi\u003c\/i\u003e, comes \u003ci\u003eCat-Eyed Boy\u003c\/i\u003e! This deluxe second volume picks up where volume 1 left off, with Cat-Eyed Boy trying to stop the Band of 100 Monsters from taking gruesome revenge on the corrupt humans who have made them outcasts. Then, Cat-Eyed Boy continues to travel between the lands of humans and demons in six more disturbing tales, including “The Stairs,” in which Cat-Eyed Boy helps a child say a last goodbye to his deceased mother, and “The Thousand-Handed Demon,” in which a woman trying to bring a deity to life gets a lot more than she bargained for.\u003cbr\u003eKazuo Umezz started drawing professionally in the 1950s and is considered the most influential horror manga artist ever. His many horror and sci-fi\/horror works include \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCat-Eyed Boy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrochi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Drifting Classroom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSenrei\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (Baptism), \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Name is Shingo \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(winner of the Prix du Patrimoine in 2018 at the Angoulême International Comics Festival), \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Left Hand of God\/Right Hand of the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFourteen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. His popular gag series \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMakoto-Chan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e prove that Umezz is also an accomplished humor cartoonist. Umezz's weird style, incredible ideas, and sometimes terrifying imagery have made him a fixture of Japanese pop culture, and his work has been adapted into movies, anime, and collectibles.\r\n                                        ","brand":"VIZ Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42493259743423,"sku":"9781974741014","price":49.49,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/files\/rPIALHtgTA1xttH9tfdsX9UYDVIp-90Rr3rx2OeRfDZPKA_60_60.jpg?v=1695348244","url":"https:\/\/www.popweasel.co.nz\/products\/cat-eyed-boy-the-perfect-edition-vol-02","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}