Manga fans will relish Baobab, a series set, a least initially, in
Japan at the turn of the last century (during the Meji era), when a small,
sickly, orphaned boy on the outskirts of Tokyo grows up hearing the stories his
grandmother tells of her youth as the daughter of a Navy officer. This ambitious
project, which will expand to cover 40 years and three continents (including
South America, where the first Creole cartoonist dreams of meeting Winsor
McCay), is elegantly told and drawn by Igort, who rose to prominence with Drawn
and Quarterly's 5 Is the Perfect Number as well as appearing in the last
Comics Journal Special. Part of the Ignatz Series.
