Disappearance Diary (manga)
Alternative title:
Der Ausreißer (German)
Diario de una desaparición (Spanish)
Diario della mia scomparsa (Italian)
Dziennik z zaginięcia (Polish)
Journal d'une disparition (French)
Shissō Nikki (Japanese)
The Great Escape of the Comic Book Writer
失踪日記 (Japanese)
Genres:
psychological,
slice of life
Themes:
autobiography,
homelessness
Plot Summary:
An autobiographical work in which Hideo Azuma tells the story of his inability to cope with the pressures of his job as a mangaka and of his exeriences with alcoholism. The work is split into three sections, each of which details one of Azuma's breakdowns. The first section (Walking At Night) is set in 1989 when Azuma suddenly walked out on both his job and his family and became homeless for the first time. Much of this section is given over to describing the practicalities of eating, sleeping and killing time whilst homeless. The second section (Walking Around Town) covers a similar set of events in 1992 but this time Azuma managed to find labouring work as a gas pipe layer after a period of living rough. This section also looks back over Azuma's career and describes the pressures he worked under in the 1970s and 80s. The third section (Alcoholic Ward) covers the author's descent into full-blown alcoholism and his experiences of being committed to a hospital rehab programme in 1998.
User Ratings:
19 ratings have been given [details]
Number of tankoubon:
1
Number of pages:
200
Vintage:
2005-03-08
2006-11 (Spain)
Release dates: We have 3
Links: We have 1
Review:
Disappearance Diary (Jun 6, 2008)
News: Show:
Manga Nominated for Awards at Angouleme Comic Fest (Dec 8, 2009)
Disappearance Diary Nominated for Ignatz Awards (Aug 27, 2009)
Manga Nominated for Awards at Angouleme Festival (Jan 22, 2008)
10th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Award Finalists Announced (Apr 8, 2006)
Other articles: Show:
| You can contribute information to this page, but first you must login or register |
| Graphic novel |
| Disappearance Diary (GN) 2010-01-01 (from $22.99) |
|
|
||||
Story & Art: Hideo Azuma |
(none) |
|||
Publisher: East Press |
||||
|
|
||||
(none) |
||||
Licensed by: Ponent Mon
Publisher: Fanfare
|
||||
|
|
||||
(none) |
Publisher: Kana |
|||
(none) |
||||
(none) |
||||
Publisher: Ponent Mon (Spain) |
||||
|
|
||||
(none) |
Publisher: J-Pop (2019) |
|||
(none) |
||||
(none) |
||||
Publisher: Schreiber und Leser |
||||
|
|
||||
Translation: Radosław Bolałek |
(none) |
|||
Publisher: Hanami |
||||
| DISCLAIMER | add information | report an error | lookup sources |
Compare this manga's credits with others
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Manga anthology