More bizarre and hilarious adventures with everyone's favorite one-eyed boy!In the fourth installment of Shigeru Mizuki s Kitaro series readers meet a whole new cast of yokai monsters, including a giant Cyclops, the villainous Blackbeard, and a malefic sea captain who attempts to summon hell on Earth. The lead adventure Yokai Cloth, follows Kitaro and his gang as they intercept a plot by Chinese yokai who want to enslave the Japanese population to turn the country into a yokai paradise, bringing forth the largest yokai battle yet! But anyone familiar with Kitaro knows that even the toughest yokai squad is no match for him. With the help of a few friends and some funky magic, Kitaro will do everything in his power to outwit and outplay all who challenge him. Drawn & Quarterly s kid-friendly edition showcases stories from the golden age of Kitaro, now available for the very first time in English. It also features a bonus History of Kitaro essay and more yokai files by the award-winning series translator and Mizuki scholar Zack Davisson. Comedy, folklore, horror, and action meld in Kitaro s Strange Adventures, epitomizing the whimsical all-age stories that make Kitaro one of Japan s most celebrated and beloved characters. Translated from the Japanese by Zack Davisson.
