Hokusai: A Graphic Biography

Francesco Matteuzzi and Giuseppe Quattrocchi’s Hokusai: A Graphic Biography is a single-issue graphic biography from Laurence King Publishing that distills the life of the legendary Japanese ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai into a vivid, illustrated narrative. Released in 2021, this concise volume captures the artist’s decades-long career, from his early struggles to his iconic The Great Wave off Kanagawa, offering a compelling portrait of creative persistence. It matters as an accessible, visual introduction to Hokusai’s world, blending historical accuracy with the comic medium’s storytelling power.