A5 -- 60 pages -- riso printed -- saddle stitch softcover -- evercopy 80gsm with colorplan 175gsm cover

Breakdown Press embark on a series of pamphlets focussed on manga from the pre-war period. Manga scholar Eike Exner explores the beginnings of Japanese comics with two of the first “audiovisual” comic strips from 1920s, edited and retranslated for the first time since 1924.

Presented in this volume are Easygoing Daddy by Asō Yutaka and Hineko, Their Only Child by Nagasaki Batten and a short, contextual essay by Eike Exner.

Edited and Translated by Eike Exner

Design by Ferry Gouw and Jim Hemmingfield

Additional production by Douglas Noble

Handlettering by Fraser Geesin

Printed by PageMasters in London

Please Note! This will only be available from Breakdown Press, through mail order or exhibitions and shows.