Suehiro Maruo

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Suehiro Maruo
Native name
丸尾 末広
Born (1956-01-28) January 28, 1956 (age 68)
Occupation
  • Manga artist
  • illustrator
  • painter
Period1980–2008

Suehiro Maruo (

Nagasaki, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist
, illustrator, and painter.

Biography

Maruo graduated from junior high school in March 1972 but dropped out of senior high school. At the age of 15, he moved to Tokyo and began working for a bookbinder. At 17, he made his first manga submission to Weekly Shōnen Jump, but it was considered by the editors to be too graphic for the magazine's format and was subsequently rejected. Maruo temporarily removed himself from manga until November 1980 when he made his official debut as a manga artist in Ribon no Kishi (リボンの騎士) at the age of 24. It was at this stage that the young artist was finally able to pursue his artistic vision without such stringent restrictions over his work’s visual content. Two years later, his first stand-alone anthology, Barairo no Kaibutsu (薔薇色の怪物; Rose Colored Monster) was published.

Maruo was a frequent contributor to the underground manga magazine Garo (ガロ).

Like many manga artists, Maruo sometimes makes cameo appearances in his own stories. When photographed, he seldom appears without his trademark sunglasses.

Though most prominently known for his work as a manga artist, Maruo has also produced illustrations for concert posters; CD jackets; magazines; novels; and various other media. Some of his characters have been made into figures as well.

Though relatively few of Maruo's manga have been published outside Japan, his work enjoys an international cult following.

His book Shōjo Tsubaki (aka Mr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Show) has been adapted into an animated film (

J.A. Seazer
, but it has received very little release; In Europe and North America, it was marketed under the name Midori, after the naive twelve year old protagonist. The movie was banned all over the world, including Japan for its extreme use of physical, psychological and sexual abuse against children and small animals. Recently released in France.

Style

Maruo's nightmarish manga fall into the Japanese category of "erotic grotesque" (エログロ; "

Showa Era Japan. Maruo also has a fascination with human oddities, deformities, birth defects, and "circus freaks." Many such characters figure prominently in his stories and are sometimes the primary subjects of his illustrations. Maruo also adapted to manga stories by Edogawa Ranpo, such as "The Strange Tale of Panorama Island" and "The Caterpillar". An English translation of The Strange Tale of Panorama Island work was published by Last Gasp in July 2013.[1]

The illustrations throughout several of his works show grotesquely dark imagery, strange sexual acts / rituals, as well as sexual-violence towards minors. It is referred to as contemporary "bloody prints"

Yoshiiku
.

John Zorn's Naked City

Composer John Zorn used Suehiro illustrations for the liner art of his band Naked City's albums. Zorn has contributed the foreword to Suehiro's latest collection of works (published in 2005).

Bibliography

Translations

Figures and toys

  • 人間豹と少年探偵 (ningenhyō to shōnen tantei) The Leopard-man and the Young Detectives produced by Eastpress (イーストプレス) of Japan
  • 少女椿 (shōjo midori) Young Girl Midori 18 cm figure produced by Artstorm (アート・ストーム) of Japan

Notes

  1. ^ Cha, Kai-ming (2009-08-24). "Last Gasp Finds Beauty in The Strange Tale of Panorama Island". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on September 5, 2009. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  2. ^ a b Inc, DIGITALIO. "笑う吸血鬼（漫画）". マンガペディア (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-11-16. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

Sources

  • Ing, Eric van den & Schaap, Robert (1992). Beauty and Violence.
    ISBN 90-70216-04-3
    .

External links


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