Hiroki Mafuyu (ひろき真冬) is a Japanese manga artist/illustrator. I happened across a few panels of his comic art on twitter and was quickly taken with his detailed rendering style as well as the elegant drawings of his human characters. I started immediately to search if he has any published art books, and luckily enough for me there is –

Apples is a sci-fi graphic novel collection showcasing several of the artist’s short manga stories, many of them painted in full color. Perhaps it is the artist’s choice of subject matter or drawing/rendering style, but for me his work reads more like a European comic ( Enki Bilal’s work comes to mind ) than a Japanese manga. Whichever the case, it is splendid art work.

Hiroki Mafuyu’s distinctive art and narrative style sets apart his work from the more “common” Japanese manga aesthetics that I am familiar with, and I find that refreshing and interesting. Besides his comic work, the artist is also a prolific cover art illustrator for books and novels, and I hope a collection of these will also be published in the future. Recommended.

You can also find the artist on Twitter here.

“Apples – Hiroki Mafuyu Graphic Novel アップルズ ひろき真冬 “ details :

Dimensions – 10.12 x 7.17 x 0.79 inches
Soft cover, 121 pages
Full color, In Japanese

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