The painter is now looking to create his final Panorama of Hell, which he promises will encompass the entire world.īefore creating this masterpiece the painter fills us in on the particulars of his existence, in a house located next to a busy guillotine. Also like Hino, the Hell painter went on to become an acclaimed, if irredeemably morbid, artist. It concerns an unnamed painter obsessed with blood and death, who like Hino nearly lost his life as an infant when his family fled from their native Manchuria to Japan in 1946. It is at once a black-humored gross-out spectacle and a deeply felt expression of personal anguish, with a narrative that parallels Hino’s own life in many respects. I haven’t sampled enough of Hino’s work to proclaim this book his masterpiece, but nothing else I’ve read by him is nearly as remarkable. Blast Book’s edition of PANORAMA OF HELL marked Hino’s first-ever English language publication (the work of no less than five translators, among them the famed special effects ace Screaming Mad George), which is fitting. His slope-headed, bug-eyed personages are unmistakable, as is his love of blood, mutation, insects and hyperbolic close ups-all presented in stark black-and-white with garish sound effects. A pitiless vision of Hell on Earth, manga style! Hideshi Hino, who’s scripted and illustrated dozens of manga volumes, has a style and viewpoint as distinct as that of any artist.
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When the trial first begins, Steve flashes back to a movie he saw in his school's film of predictability. At this stage, only two of the four accused – James King and Steve – will be tried, since the other two accused – Richard "Bobo" Evans and Osvaldo Cruz – have entered into a plea bargain. Kathy O'Brien, Steve's lawyer, informs him on what will happen during the trial. Musing on his short time in prison so far, he decides to record this upcoming experience in the form of a movie screenplay. The novel begins with 16-year-old Steve Harmon writing in his book awaiting for his trial for murder. The book uses a mixture of a third-person screenplay and a first-person diary format to tell the story, through the perspective of Steve Harmon, an African American teenager. Printz Award in 2000, and was named a Coretta Scott King Award Honor the same year. It was nominated for the 1999 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, won the Michael L. 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