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The Summit of the Gods vol. 1 |
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| Jiro Taniguchi - Baku Yumemakura |
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Translation: Kumar Sivasubramanian
Pages: 328 UK Price: £14.99 US Price: $25.00 Co-published by Fanfare  |
“BECAUSE IT’S THERE.” George Herbert Leigh Mallory is said to have given this in reply to the question “Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest?” On his third expedition in June 1924, Mallory and his climbing partner, Andrew Irvine, disappeared on the North-East ridge during their ascent, having been sighted only a few hundred metres from the summit. In 1993, in a small Nepalese store, Makoto Fukamachi, photographer for a Japanese expedition to conquer Mt Everest, stumbles across an old camera – a Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak Special. Could it be Mallory’s camera? Did it hold the secret of whether Mallory and Irvine made it to the summit? Taniguchi’s realistic art and Baku’s tireless script will take you to such heights that mountaineers only dream about. THIS BOOK IS PUBLISHED IN IT'S ORIGINAL JAPANESE FORM THEREFORE SHOULD BE READ FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. Reviews: Icv2, Comics Village.com, Manga Critic, Comics Worth Reading, Pop Culture Shock, Outside Online |