That’s why I consider it to be the fun kind of disturbing.Īlso this book is finally being reprinted be it’s available for pre order from a company called starfruit books. And the imagery of the headless corpses in a bar is both grotesque and kind of silly. Unless he’s using an anti-coagulant the whole collecting blood for later thing is kind of impractical. Some this stuff is over the top and humorous so it’s entertaining to read. previous 1 2 next sort by previous 1 2 next Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. Then the artist goes into an exaggerated version of his life story which makes up most of the book, from what I can recall. Books by Hideshi Hino (Author of Panorama of Hell) Books by Hideshi Hino Hideshi Hino Average rating 3.67 3,571 ratings 353 reviews shelved 8,727 times Showing 30 distinct works.

Hino throws in a little joke where one of the corpses asks to be served “ass”. 2 Synopsis An artist describes his work, consisting of hellish views he paints using his own blood. It was published in the United States by Blast Books 1 and in France as Panorama de l'enfer by ditions IMHO in 2004. If I remember right the corpses like to eat different body parts. Panorama of Hell ( Japanese:, Hepburn: Jigokuhen) is a 1984 one shot Japanese horror manga by Hideshi Hino. They have no mouths to eat or drink with so she kindly cuts them a new mouth in their necks. His wife works a bar and her patrons are headless corpses. He collects his own blood daily by bleeding himself out in different ways to ensure he always has a good supply. His house is in the middle of a hellish landscape and he’s working on his art, which he paints with his own blood. Panorama of Hell is a shocking, tortuous journey into the depths of one mans postnuclear Hell. Like the ones that focus on sexual abuse and things like that. There’s books that are disturbing to me in a way that is just miserable and I want nothing to do with. I haven’t read it in 2 years, but I remember it being disturbing in an entertaining and fun way. The page on the left is what was used for the cover art of a manga called Panorama of Hell. This picture is from an art book called the Art of Hideshi Hino.

Panorama of Hell by Hideshi Hino