QP

A visceral, blackly comic crime saga from Italy's Hazard Edizioni, QP (2006–present) follows the brutal exploits of a yakuza enforcer in a hyper-violent Tokyo underworld. Co-written by original creator Hiroshi Takahashi and Maurizio Barattieri, with Takahashi providing the stark, kinetic artwork, the series distills the raw energy of Takahashi's earlier manga into a lean, four-issue burst of cinematic savagery. Its significance lies in its unflinching, almost anthropological look at gangster life, rendered with a distinctive fusion of Japanese and Italian storytelling sensibilities.