REI MIKAMOTO / She Is Your Best Dying Friend

Rei Mikamoto
Zodonist 2, 2023 (exhibition catalogue for the exhibition She Is Your Best Dying Friend)
Softcover, 150 pages
21 x 29.7 cm 
Vanilla Gallery, Japan

This is the original exhibition catalog from Rei Mikamoto’s 2023 solo exhibition “Zodonist 2 -SHE IS YOUR BEST DYING FRIEND- / Reiko the Zombie Shop 25th Anniversary”. It features a wide range of content, from newly drawn illustrations for the exhibition to manuscripts used in the display. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Reiko the Zombie Shop, the catalog also includes the definitive “Zombie Encyclopedia” with comments from Mikamoto himself. A must-have alongside the previous exhibition catalog “Zodonist”, this edition comes signed by the artist! Product Details: Pages: 150 Size: A4 Full color (some manuscripts in monochrome) About Rei Mikamoto: Born in Hiroshima in 1974, Mikamoto developed his artistic sensibilities through horror films and splatter-themed manga during his youth. His short story The Sound Crawling Through Darkness was first published in Bunka-sha Horror M, and his one-shot Reiko the Zombie Shop became a serialized work. Since then, he has released multiple serialized manga in various magazines.