The Liminal Zone [Hardcover]

Three-time Eisner Award winner Junji Ito presents brand-new nightmares!

What destiny awaits them after the screaming?

After abruptly departing from a train in a small town, a couple encounters a “weeping woman”—a professional mourner—sobbing inconsolably at a funeral. Mako changes afterward—she can’t stop crying! In another tale, having decided to die together, a couple enters Aokigahara, the infamous suicide forest. What is the shocking otherworldly torrent that they discover there?

One of horror’s greatest talents, Junji Ito beckons readers to join him in an experience of ultimate terror with four transcendently terrifying tales.Junji Ito made his professional manga debut in 1987 and since then has gone on to be recognized as one of the greatest contemporary artists working in the horror genre. His titles includeTomieandUzumaki,which have been adapted into live-action films;Gyo,which was adapted into an animated film; and his booksDeserter,Fragments of Horror,Frankenstein,Lovesickness,No Longer Human,Remina,Shiver,Smashed, andVenus in the Blind Spot, all of which are available from VIZ Media.

Ito’s influences include classic horror manga artists Kazuo Umezz and Hideshi Hino, as well as authors Yasutaka Tsutsui and H.P. Lovecraft.

He is a three-time Eisner Award winner. In 2019 his collectionFrankensteinwon in the Best Adaptation from Another Medium category, and in 2021 he was awarded Best Writer/Artist, whileReminareceived the award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material (Asia).