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Venus and the blind spot
Venus and the blind spot








venus and the blind spot

One of the stories, The Principal Post, is one I’ve never really liked nor understood why it was published. Sometimes I can’t even tell they’re colored, as I’m red-green colorblind and the panels use colors I can’t always see. While there are colored pages and colored panels, they show up inconsistently, and it’s a little annoying. That being said, the collection isn’t perfect.

venus and the blind spot

Yes, they’re not his stories, but he puts his all into making sure his art brings out all the terror contained within the words.įamous image from “The Enigma of Amigara Fault,” which is some of Ito’s work at its best. You can see this especially with three of the stories which are adaptations of works by other authors. Ito-sensei’s work is never concerned with looking visually appealing like other visual artists. My favorite stories were Billions Alone, a creepy body horror story about people being found sewn together that’s perfect for the current pandemic, and The Licking Woman, a weird story about a wild woman whose monstrous tongue contains a poison that kills all whom it licks.Īnd like I said, the artwork is fantastic. Even if by doing so, you potentially doom yourself. It revolves around finding something strange that’s just right for you, and the insanity of not claiming it, of not finding out its secret. There’s also the fan-favorite The Enigma at Amigara Fault, which I’ve read before but was excited to find again. The titular story follows the members of a UFO society as their obsession with the founder’s daughter becomes skewed after they lose the ability to see her. The majority of the stories revolve around obsession, especially romantic or sexual obsession.

venus and the blind spot

His latest publication in North America is Venus in the Blind Spot, and I loved just about every story within. I’ve read quite a bit of his work, and I’ve reviewed some of those stories and collections here on the blog, such as his adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and his masterpiece Uzumaki (click here and here for those reviews). Hell, sometimes I don’t feel comfortable leaving his books on the night stand beside my bed without something to cover them, the illustrations are that terrifying. Now if you’re unfamiliar with Junji Ito, he’s a manga artist who specializes in horror, and is well known for illustrations that terrify and creep the hell out of readers. And this latest collection of short stories, Venus in the Blind Spot, is full of some of his best work. One thing I can always count on with a Junji Ito collection.










Venus and the blind spot