Kogaratsu

Kogaratsu
Publication information
Publisher	Dupuis Spirou magazine
Publication date	1982
No. of issues	12
Main character(s)	Nakamura Kogaratsu
Creative team
Created by	Bosse & Michetz
Written by
Artist(s)

Kogaratsu is a comics series created by the Belgian comics creators Bosse (pseudonym of Serge Bosmans) and Michetz (pseudonym of Marc Degroide). It was first published in Spirou magazine in 1982. The success of the series, written by Bosse and illustrated by Michetz, inspired then-illustrator and script writer Bosse to give up illustrating in order to focus solely at script writing.^{[citation needed]}

Publication history[]

Twelve volumes of Kogaratsu have been published by Dupuis beginning in 1985.

The only English translations to date is that of the first 48-page volume, the US graphic novel sized paperback editions Kogaratsu: The Lotus of Blood (1987, ISBN 1-8700-8415-2), published by the UK-based Acme Press, retitled Kogaratsu: The Bloody Lotus (1990, ISBN 0-8741-6103-7), by the US-based Catalan Communications for its publication under their ComCat Comics imprint. Catalan had actually lined up the two subsequent volumes, Treasure of Eta and Spring of Betrayals, as well for US publication in 1991, but the publisher's bankruptcy in that year eventually thwarted that intention – the two prospect albums had even already received ISBNs, ISBN 0-87416-131-2 and ISBN 0-87416-133-9, respectively.

Overview[]

Kogaratsu is about a mercenary named Nakamura Kogaratsu. Caught in a fratricidal war, and confronted with superstitious farmers, Kogaratsu lives the way of the samurai: his honour, his weapons, and his love are the things dearest to him, in that exact order. And in the tumultuous Japan of the 17th century, honour is the small margin between life and death, wielding a weapon is a calling, and love is a weakness.

External links[]

• Kogaratsu at the Grand Comics Database (Depuis)
• "Kogaratsu". Grand Comics Database. (Acme Press)

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