{"product_id":"lone-wolf-cub-omnibus-volume-1-9781616551346","title":"Lone Wolf \u0026 Cub Omnibus, Volume 1","description":"A samurai epic of staggering proportions, the acclaimed Lone Wolf and Cub begins its second life at Dark Horse Manga with new, larger editions of over 700 pages, value priced. The brilliant storytelling of series creator Kazuo Koike and the groundbreaking cinematic visuals of Goseki Kojima create a graphic-fiction masterpiece of beauty, fury, and thematic power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kazuo Koike\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dark Horse Manga\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.30w x 2.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616551346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKazuo Koike \u003c\/b\u003eis a prolific Japanese manga writer, novelist, and entrepreneur. Early in Koike's career, he studied under \u003ci\u003eGolgo 13\u003c\/i\u003e creator Takao Saito and served as a writer on the series. Koike, along with artist Goseki Kojima, made the manga \u003ci\u003eKozure Okami\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLone Wolf and Cub\u003c\/i\u003e), and Koike also contributed to the scripts for the 1970s film adaptations of the series, which starred famous Japanese actor Tomisaburo Wakayama. Another series written by Koike, \u003ci\u003eCrying Freeman\u003c\/i\u003e, which was illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, was adapted into a 1995 live-action film by French director Christophe Gans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGoseki Kojima \u003c\/b\u003ewas a Japanese manga artist known for his collaborations with Kazuo Koike. The team was often referred to as the \"Golden Duo.\" Kojima's best-known work was \u003ci\u003eLone Wolf and Cub. \u003c\/i\u003eOther titles attributed to Kojima are \u003ci\u003eSamurai Executioner \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePath of the Assassin. \u003c\/i\u003eIn 2004, Kojima won an Eisner Award.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Kazuo Koike \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47283576242333,"sku":"9781616551346","price":42.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_42db292b-c6b2-4f90-a03b-9081a4f796ca.jpg?v=1759968250","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/lone-wolf-cub-omnibus-volume-1-9781616551346","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}