![]() ![]() His first book of manga (Japanese for comics), which he published in 1947 at the age of 19, sold 400 000 copies. Ironically, he chose to study medicine because of the physically and financially straining prospect of being a cartoonist, but he continued to draw throughout his years at Osaka University Medical School. By high school he had seen several doctors, most notably one who treated drawing-related arm injuries. Tezuka (1928–1989) was a frail child with a limp who spent his spare time drawing insects. every other month (Volume 4 arrives this month) for the next 3 years, are part of the oeuvre of the godfather of Japanese manga, Osamu Tezuka - a medical doctor. The 17 volumes of the renegade doctor's adventures, being released by Vertical, Inc. Black Jack, a super-powered surgeon and rebel with punky hair and gothic garb, swoops into the surgical suite to exploit the rich, save the disenfranchised and discombobulate the status quo. We're talking about a comic hero, but one that makes Batman look like Goldilocks. ![]() Black Jack, the brooding surgeon who operates outside of medical convention - and usually beyond the realm of scientific possibility - has finally come of age in America 25 years after his debut in Japan. ![]()
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