Monster — Volume 4

November 1st, 2006

Filed under: Comics, Medicine

Speaking of annotations, there really aren’t any medical scenes in volume 4 of Naoki Urasawa’s Monster so thre’s no sense in me posting a medical annotation of this volume. The series remains a thrilling read so I suggest you pick it up if you haven’t already. Medical annotations will return as the medical content warrants.

Monster annotationsAll previous Monster medical annotations.

I will soon be taking a look at the manga Ray by Akihito Yoshitomi and published by ADV Press. According to the back cover copy, Ray is “a dark thriller of an underground surgeon out for revenge.” That really says it all, doesn’t it?

5 Responses to “ Monster — Volume 4 ”

  1. David Welsh
    November 3rd, 2006 at 8:47 am

    Can you stand another medical manga recommendation? Ode to Kirihito is a thriller about a mysterious condition that turns humans into dog-like creatures, and it’s filled with medical lingo and hospital politics. 800 pages of Osamu Tezuka (who trained as a physician before turning to manga) for about $25 bucks.

  2. Scott
    November 3rd, 2006 at 9:37 am
    Official Comment

    That sounds good. Is that the same author as Blackjack?

  3. David Welsh
    November 3rd, 2006 at 5:18 pm

    It is. Tezuka also created Astro Boy (Dark Horse), Phoenix (Viz),
    and Buddha. Vertical publishes both Kirihito and Buddha,
    and they pulled out all the stops in production.

  4. Justus
    November 6th, 2006 at 10:38 am

    I wouldn’t expect anything approaching real medicine in Ray :) I also don’t remember much medicine in Monster after the first few chapters.

  5. Scott
    November 7th, 2006 at 8:41 am
    Official Comment

    Ray is so over the top medically, it’s fun to read.

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