AX Volume 1: A Collection of Alternative Manga

Nominated for a Harvey Award, 2010.'Ten best comic books of 2010', Publishers Weekly, and number 2 in Publishers Weekly critics poll.

A groundbreaking introduction to the most creative and cutting-edge works of Japanese independent comics, presented in English for the first time, AX is the premier Japanese magazine for alternative comics.

Published bi-monthly for over ten years, the pages of AX contain the mostcreative and cutting-edge works of independent comics in the world's largestcomics industry.

Now, Top Shelf presents this collection of stories from tenyears of AX history, and features work by such visionaries as Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Akino Kondoh, Kazuichi Hanawa and Shinichi Abe.