{"product_id":"9781942801122","title":"Boat Life Vol. 1","description":"Author: Tadao Tsuge\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781942801122\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Floating World\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 May 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 324\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter thirty years as a mainstay in the alt-manga periodicals Garo, Yagyo, and Comic Baku, cult comics artist Tsuge Tadao gets philosophical with \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoat Life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSerialised between 1996 and 2000, \u003ci\u003eBoat Life\u003c\/i\u003e stars novelist Tsuda Kenta, a lightly veiled stand-in for the artist, Tsuge Tadao, himself, as he pursues a life of reprieve and reverie on a small, makeshift house boat on a river outside of Tokyo. Based loosely on the artist's own daily life, this charming story follows the hapless protagonist on a series of magical absurdist quests, featuring a panoply of personable characters, including a drunkard fisherman, a pervy monk, a talking corpse, a senile hermit, and a half-supportive, half-doubtful wife and adult son. Most of the scenes take place on the Tonegawa River in Chiba, a favourite fishing spot of Tsuge's. Others occur at the artist's home or at Joker, a jeans and apparel shop the Tsuges opened in 1977. While fans of Trash Market and Slum Wolf will enjoy this late-career elaboration of apres-guerre themes Tsuge has been exploring since his debut in the legendary alt-manga magazine Garo in the late '60s, fans of his brother Tsuge Yoshiharu's The Man Without Talent will appreciate the more relaxed and optimistic take on middle-aged reclusion and the grind of work and family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867114000542,"sku":"ADS-9781942801122","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781942801122.jpg?v=1779430225","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781942801122","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}