Highlight so far:
- A contagious disease in Africa causes patients to physically shrink in size before dying.
- Black Jack slices open his own intestines to remove a parasite, while fighting off dingos in the outback!
- Robins nicking coins to pay the good doctor to save a little boy;
- Black Jack in a race against time with Dr. Kiriko, Japan's own Doctor Kevorkian stand-in.
- A House-esque short story, where BJ schools some rowdy residents attempting their first surgery.
- A ludicrious story about a young boy Black Jack helps a nurse save, who grows up to be internationally important.
- Coin locker babies, an ironic bank robbery tale, and more!
Thank you, Vertical! Black Jack Vol. 3 will be released on January 20, 2009. Click here for a free online preview.
Loved the first two volumes, can't wait to get ahold of this one,
ReplyDeletethanks for the heads up!
@alex: thanks 4 the comment. i think vol3 is more on par with volume 2-- neither are quite as awesome as the group of stories in the first book -- but it's still rad. I mean, this is Black Jack we're talking about.
ReplyDeleteI was at kinokuniya last week and saw the entire series of BJ on the shelf... and was reminded that the entire series runs like 180+ chapters. It is awesome to know we have another 15 or so books ahead of us!
i'm so glad that these books are given a second life here, I loved Umezz's "drifting classroom" and "Cat eyed boy." I don't know what drew me to them, but i think it's just the sheer effort, great retro art and funky storytelling that give the books their off-kilter appeal.
ReplyDeleteAhhh!
ReplyDeleteI think I may have scored an advanced copy from Powells online shop... as it wasn't a pre-order and was labeled volume three...I'll see when the order comes Wednesday...I sure hope so...
thanks for this site,
@nick: Nice, I hope you get the hook up!
ReplyDeleteThanks for checking out the site... and for leaving comments! It means a lot to me to hear from folks reading this thing.