Vagabond Plain, detail: page 13 of 54
Titles
- 無頼平野
- Burai heiya
Artist
Tsuge Tadao
(Japan, born 1941)
Date1975
GeographyJapan
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions9 5/8 × 13 1/2 in. (24.5 × 34.3 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LinePartial purchase, partial gift of the artist, 2019
Object number2019-5-13
DescriptionTranslation:[Upper right]
Narrator: "Might as well move along now"... That's what he thought, would be my guess...
[Upper left]
Narrator: Whaddya think, bro?
Akira: Uhh...
[Upper center right]
Narrator: Anyway...
[Upper center left]
Brother, if you're gonna live here, there's a few things you need to know.
[Lower center right]
Speaking of which... Got a cigarette?
[Lower center left]
First there was light, as they say... Much obliged.
[Lower right]
Akira: Hey! You took the whole pack!
[Lower left]
Narrator: It's safe with me. Now listen carefully, brother...
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Translation by Ryan Holmberg. See Tadao Tsuge and Ryan Holmberg, Slum Wolf, New York: New York Review Comics, 2018.
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