Namio Harukawa Virago Instead of a traditional written

Instead of a traditional written diary

Sophie Yanow’s The Contradictions is a fascinating study of making friends

His comics first appeared in the Stool Pigeon music magazine in 2009

collecting the sixteen earliest stories from his acclaimed Optic Nerve comic series — concise

and Ocean Renegades

Namio Harukawa Virago Instead of a traditional writtenBy Namio Harukawa. Published by Baron Books. Hardcover, 76 pages, Colour and B&W, 2021. Baron is pleased to present the first posthumous book by artist Namio Harukawa (May 1947 April 24, 2020), dedicated to Harukawas archive of rarely published work. Creating a visionary language through the medium of pencil drawings, Harukawa worked for 60 years under a pseudonym, Namio Harukawa: formed from an anagram of Naomi, a reference to Junichir Tanizakis