Abandon the Old in Tokyo

Yoshihiro Tatsumi's Abandon the Old in Tokyo collects some of the master of gekiga's most haunting short stories from the 1970s, originally published in Japan. Presented in English by Drawn & Quarterly with translation by Yuji Oniki, this single-volume work showcases Tatsumi's stark, psychologically raw artwork and his unflinching exploration of postwar urban alienation and the desperate lives of ordinary people. It remains a key entry point for understanding Tatsumi's influential, gritty realism that helped redefine Japanese comics.