{"product_id":"the-cursed-body","title":"The Cursed Body","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Kawakatsu Tokushige. NOTE: We are currently fulfilling Kickstarter Preorders. New orders will be filled based on time of order, after the Kickstarter Preorders. Anticipated shipping date is June – July 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Cursed Body is a snapshot into the mind of one of the most important emerging young manga artists and editors working today. Collecting a duology of longform works from Kawakatsu’s Kagyu (The Snail) gekiga doujinshi magazine, the stories found in this volume playfully draw upon both the classic ghost story form and essential kashihon-era rental-manga artists, illustrating the author’s deep reading of both Japanese and English literary traditions. In Cat Skull Isle, a group of friends boat out to a small crag off the coast of Shonan. The\u003cbr\u003esole presence on the island is a lone cat shrine, but as the friends explore, they begin to exhibit increasingly erratic behavior… In Willow Weep for Me, a moneylender\u003cbr\u003espurns a beggar while on a stroll with her son. After the beggar\u0026amp;#39;s body is dredged up from the river that evening, the strange, even gruesome events begin to mount…\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a must-read for lovers of alternative manga and weird fiction \/ vintage horror manga.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslation: zhuchka\u003cbr\u003eLettering: Lyndon Moffat\u003cbr\u003eEditing \u0026amp; Design: emuh ruh\u003cbr\u003eAfterword\/Interview: Ryan Holmberg\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glacier Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58441512288600,"sku":"COM503","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/0340\/7448\/files\/TheCursedBody_1.jpg?v=1789070065","url":"https:\/\/iglootree.com\/products\/the-cursed-body","provider":"Iglootree","version":"1.0","type":"link"}