{"product_id":"otherworld-barbara-vol-1-9781606999431","title":"Otherworld Barbara Vol. 1","description":"In this classic science fiction thriller by one of the most influential manga writer-artists of all time, there are dream pilots, murderous cannibal nine-year-olds, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHagio, Moto:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMoto Hagio\u003c\/strong\u003e was born May 12, 1949, in Omuta City, Fukuoka Prefecture. She is one of a group of women born that year that broke into the male-dominated manga industry and pioneered the shojo (girls') movement. Hagio's \u003cem\u003eHeart of Thomas\u003c\/em\u003e, inspired by the 1964 film \u003cem\u003eA Special Friendship\u003c\/em\u003e, was one of the early entries in the shonen-ai (boys in love) subgenre. Her major works include \u003cem\u003eA Drunken Dream\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA, A'\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThey Were Eleven\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOtherworld Barbara\u003c\/em\u003e. She's won the Japanese Medal of Honor with the Purple Ribbon (the first woman comics creator to do so), received Japan's SF Grand Prize, the Osamu Tezuka Culture Award Grand Prize, and an Inkpot Award, among other accolades. She lives in the Saitama Prefecture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThorn, Rachel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRachel Thorn\u003c\/strong\u003e is from in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. She is a cultural anthropologist, writer, and an associate professor in the manga department at Kyoto Seika University. Her translations include the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Best-Seller \u003cem\u003eNijigahara Holograph\u003c\/em\u003e by Inio Asano and Hayao Miyazaki's \u003cem\u003eNausicaä of the Valley of the Wind\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749264228626,"sku":"9781606999431","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a1cd6b3b-841f-443a-8c53-40e8a1be7ea8.jpg?v=1764074169","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/otherworld-barbara-vol-1-9781606999431","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}