Oba Electroplating Factory Derek M. Ballard With a knowing wink at

With a knowing wink at the reader

Whether it’s hearing the wrong name called at her art school graduation ceremony or becoming a National Book Award finalist for her debut graphic novel

playfully hinting at possible transcendence: from one’s culture

Non Pareil (1907)

By Adrianne Ambrose & Monica Gallagher

Oba Electroplating Factory Derek M. Ballard With a knowing wink atBy Yoshiharu Tsuge. Published by Drawn & Quarterly. Hardcover, 272 pages, B&W, 2024 (originally published in Japanese in 1973 1974) An alt manga legend strikes out on his own, creating some of his most revealing and personal works Oba Electroplating Factory is a startlingly bleak but nonetheless captivating portrait of mid century Japan in its most unglamorous iteration. Glimpses of the artist reflecting upon his life, his work, and his contemporaries