• Front cover of Tetsupendium Tawarapedia featuring a surreal mutated figure and the title in bold graphic lettering.
  • Black-and-white comic strip with talking animal-like characters, featuring a surreal dinner scene and existential dialogue.
  • Comic page introducing the characters Yodel and Potatoman, with a large skull figure and an urban background.
  • Comic illustration showing tentacled creatures and a girl standing next to laundry machines in a surreal domestic setting.
  • Black-and-white drawing of muscular, headless humanoid bodies with empty eye sockets and sci-fi anatomical details.
  • Surreal mutant beings with split-open torsos, exposing detailed organic and alien structures.
  • Title page: “Decapitron 27 / Drowned Body Detective” with high-contrast radial burst background.
  • Comic page titled “Woods” featuring a large forest-dwelling creature with multiple round eyes and surrounded by smaller figures.
  • Comic panel showing Dr. Cure speaking on the phone with bizarre anatomical details and surreal, grotesque dialogue.
  • Back cover of Tetsupendium Tawarapedia with a mutated face illustration and Mat Brinkman quote: “Good luck finding better mutant nightmare comics.”
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Tetsupendium Tawarapedia (8°ed.)

Tetsupendium Tawarapedia (8°ed.) – Tetsunori Tawaraya – English Edition

Tetsunori Tawaraya
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A 400-page retrospective of Tetsunori Tawaraya’s mutant nightmare comics from 2002–2012 – reissued by Hollow Press in a limited edition of 500 copies.

Soft, 15.0 x 21.0 cm, 0.7 kg, 400 pages
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About the Book

Tetsupendium Tawarapedia (best of 2002–2012) is a massive anthology of Japanese artist Tetsunori Tawaraya’s most iconic works, reprinted in July 2024 by Hollow Press (8th printing, limited to 500 copies). Featuring 400 pages of biomechanical hallucinations and sci-fi horror on 100g paper in A5 format, this softcover edition includes full-color covers and a stitched paperback binding with protective dustjacket. An essential document for fans of visionary underground comics and mutant aesthetics.

“Good luck finding better mutant nightmare comics.” – Mat Brinkman

Soft, 15.0 x 21.0 cm, 0.7 kg, 400 pages, English
SKU: HP-TETSUP-8-EN

About the Author

Tetsunori Tawaraya is a Japanese artist, illustrator, comic author, and musician whose intricate, biomech-infused visuals blend cyberpunk, sci-fi, and psychedelic horror. Since the early 2000s, his work has been featured in international publications such as Hollow Press, Le Dernier Cri, and Bongoût, and exhibited in Japan, Europe, and the U.S. He is also known as a noise-rock performer and co-founder of the band 2up. His style is instantly recognizable for its dense textures, alien figures, and neon detail.

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Publisher / Manufacturer: Hollow Press
Country of origin: Italy
Website: https://hollow-press.net/

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Hollow Press di Nitri Michele
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Italy