Every day until Christmas, I will dump a few oneshots from Garo Magazine.Join me as we explore the wonderful world of alternative manga from the 20th century.>what the hell is Garo?Garo was an influential manga magazine published monthly from 1964 to 2002.It was founded as a platform for avant-garde, experimental, and counterculture manga creators who were rejected by mainstream publishers, and was a starting point for many artists you've probably never heard of.Some of these stories are funny and whimsical, some of them shocking and thought-provoking, and some are incomprehensible pretentious nonsense. Try to keep an open mind, and feel free to discuss manga in general as well.
Day 15Traveller to the North , by Yoshida ShouichiFrom 1972
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>>284511488Always nice seeing these author blurbs
this one feels very old, like if they asked an artist from medieval times to draw a manga
>>284511829reminded me of Impermanence Resonating: An Attempt at a SF Manga by Tsurita Kuniko
The End! Next story soon.
>>284511891i for one thought this rough linework looked like something from early 2010s webcomic
>>284511931That one was also posted alreadyhttps://desuarchive.org/a/thread/284246956/
>>284512018>lizard person manipulates evolution to harvest humanity>this was the mangaka's only workWhat did he know?
Purple MagicBy Takayama Kazumasa.
Oh wait this is Left to right.Sorry about that.
>>284513548oh my the the bar for art has been risen significantly
And that's it for today.
>>284513809metal
>>284511428Thanks for the info. Has any manga magazines inherited Garo’s position in the manga industry as a platform for alternative or avant garde manga? I’m not sure why it ended but it’s been 23 years.
>>284514231This was nice. I kinda want more of it.
>>284515064>Has any manga magazines inherited Garo’s positionProbably AX magazine. I don't know how much it sells but it's still around.As to why Garo died, by the 90s the whole alternative culture had lost a lot of steam, and then the founder and editor died in 1996.>>284515102I have other stories by the same author. But they have a completely different tone.
>>284514209The art in this story gave me strong otomo vibes.
>>284511488Wonder if he dreamed of making it as a mangaka or if this was just a hobby for him.
>>284512018This dude looks just like God from South ParkThat almost seems like a South Park joke too. God growing humans in a fish tank only to eat them for supper.
>>284514196This is like a pilot episode for some long running series that never came to be
>>284514231Thank you for posting.
>>284513548Seeing a Garo one shot with good art is surreal.
>>284513749Nice pair of heavy hangers right there.
>>284513809That is certainly a thing that happened.
>>284514231That felt like a premise oneshot for a serialization. Very Otomo inspired in the art department.
>>284515064Comic Ran and Comic Ran Twins are both built around being 'Gekiga throwback' magazines, but that mostly means looking like Goseki Kojima manga.
>>284511641Cozy
>>284513548For a second I thought this was the Summit of the Gods guy.
>>284514061Don't fall for it again!
>>284514231Thx mate.
>>284513548There's gonna be drugs, ain't it?
>>284515003This does look and read a lot like something that you would see published in Heavy Metal.
>>284512331>What did he know?I'm more interested in what they do in the Amagasaki Municipal Water and Sewer planning department
bump for readers
>>284516540I get what you're saying.
>>284517564kek that's a good way to put it
>>284516760man I forgot all about that
>>284522084Nooo, don't you know drugs are illegal in Japan?
