Beautiful Monster - Maruo Suehiro

Beautiful Monster by Maruo Suehiro, translated by Ryan Holmberg / two short essays by Maruo Suehiro and Michiro Endo / ISBN 9781737826439 / 216-page paperback with flaps, 6.25 x 8.25 inches, published in 2025 by Bubbles / adult readers only!

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Sixteen short comics from Japan's master of erotic horror. Stories are from 1981-1983 (plus a story from 2000). This is Maruo Suehiro's first book translated into English in nearly 12 years.

Maruo Suehiro (b. 1956) is globally recognized as the master of the erotic grotesque in Japanese art and comics. Since his debut in 1980, his exquisite and often shocking imagery has titillated readers of alternative, pornographic, and young adult manga. His other books in English include the impossible-to-find cult classics Mr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Show (1993) and Ultra-Gash Inferno (2001), and the award-winning The Strange Tale of Panorama Island (2013).