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Mio Matsumoto

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GRAPHIC NOVELS My Diary is a beautiful and poignant memoir from a young Japanese graphic artist. While studying in London, Mio Matsumoto discovered she had cancer and on returning to Japan for treatment she began to keep a visual diary capturing the emotion, humour, boredom and absurdity of her five months of treatment.

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Mio Matsumoto

10 Aug 2009

Sketching a spiky ode to recovery

Never before has cancer looked so cute. But then, it’s the gift of artists to transform the brute chaos and fear of everyday life into objects of delight. This is what Japanese graphic artist Mio Matsumoto does with My Diary. On the surface it’s a…

Book Festival Hitlist

9 Aug 2009

Janice Galloway, Emmanuel Jal, Jen Hadfield, Dave Gorman, Mio Matsumoto, David Aaronovitch, Denise Mina

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