The translation of autobiographical manga has been a wonderful side effect of the overall boom in popularity of manga/anime. The original manga boom in the early 2000s overlooked memoir, but as the market has matured and the comics boom has entered a new phase, memoir is finally being translated in the US, which is a real treat for me. A Life Turned Upside Down is a very sad and graphic memoir that explores the impact of having an alcoholic father, especially when everyone around the child […]
“You can bid your parents farewell without forgiving them. You don’t have to love them.”
A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic by Mariko Kikuchi