A fragmented account of loss, rendered in black and white

KSKHH is a personal, dreamlike work by Japanese outsider artist Daisuke Ichiba, originally self-published in the 2000s. The narrative unfolds around a mother's farewell and the interior world of her child, told through dense black-and-white illustration that shifts between the grotesque and the sacred without settling into either register.

This third edition, translated into English by Iain Andrew Halliday, is published by Hollow Press and limited to 200 copies. The book is printed in A5 format on 140g paper, stitch-bound as a softcover with a dust jacket finished in black UV ink. Editorial work is by Michele Nitri, with graphic design by Marco Cirillo Pedri.

Ichiba's imagery sits within a tradition of Japanese underground and outsider comics, where bodily distortion and tenderness are treated as inseparable. The closing lines of the book read: "Take care of yourselves. Grow up honest and kind. I, your mother, in the peace of heaven will continue to protect you." — a quiet counterpoint to the visual intensity that precedes it.

Readers drawn to Ichiba's other titles can find further work in the Daisuke Ichiba collection, or explore adjacent titles within Lokator100's Experimental Comics selection.