The art of Junji Ito

Hello! In this blog I'm going to talk about something that I enjoy a lot. That is Junji Ito's work. 

       

During this quarantine, I resumed my love for reading manga -japanese comics-, and one of the genres of manga that I enjoy the most is horror. In that genre, there are many different stories with cool art that I like, but the art and imagination of Junji Ito captivated me. I loved it from the first time I read a manga by him, and that manga was Gyo. I started reading manga when I was in school, like in seventh grade, and from there my fascination only grew. And Junji Ito has been one of my favorite authors.

     

Junji Ito was born on July 31, 1963 in Sakashita. He started to read horror manga at a young age, and he had said that Kazuo Umezu, Hideshi Hino and Lovecraft are an important inspiration to his work.

          

  (Circus Kitan by Hideshi Hino)

Well, to me, Junji Ito work is amazing! I really love the grotesque, detailed and creative stories and art. I mean, the details in his art are awesome, it gives me chills. He can make horrific characters and scenarios and still, wonderful, and enjoyable pieces. I love the bizarre essence in his worlds.

                  

I would like to make an honorable mention of some of his mangas that marked me the most: Gyo, Uzumaki, Tomi, Souichi series, Mimi’s ghost stories, Hellstar remina and Black Paradox. Those mangas are a huge inspiration to me -in an artistic way-. Also, I'm going to post some nice art of him, right below ✌✌✌

(Manga: Gyo)

(manga: Uzumaki)

(manga: Uzumaki)

(manga: Uzumaki)

(from Souichi series)

(from Souichi series)