Nonnonbaa to OreNonNonBa - Mizuki, Shigeru

Synopsis

Mizuki takes another chapter from his life to create Nonnonbaa, a story about a boy in the 1930s who is introduced to the world of Japanese folklore by a old neighbor woman.

(Source: ANN)

Background

Nonnonbaa to Ore won the Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Album (Golden Wildcat) in 2007, the most famous award for a comical work in France.

The series was published in English as NonNonBa by Drawn and Quarterly on May 22, 2012, and in France by Cornelius Ediions in 2006.

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