Suehiro Maruo is the decadent Georges Bataille of manga. Dragging the already sex-drenched and violent Japanese comic into the furthest depths of degradation and despair, Maruo has established himself as a cult artist who has transcended the trashy “ero-manga” into gallery shows, deluxe print editions and CD covers (for John Zorn no less). In a somber twilight nightmare realm, Maruo’s characters live through a thousand nights of Sodom, pictorially rendered in a brooding blend of German expressionism and 19th-century Japanese “atrocity woodblock” styles. Eyeballs explode, worms crawl, blood and shit spurt, and no orifice is left intact. Japanese-language text. SS

Publisher: RAM
Paperback: 176 pages
Illustrated

“A complete catalog of the work of this influential Los Angeles artist, including documentation of his rare objects, verifax collages and Semina magazines. Berman fused technology with the mystical and psychological to create his powerful works which continue to have an impact upon artists, poets and filmmakers today.”

Publisher: RAM
Paperback: 118 pages
Illustrated