The Walking Man: Expanded Edition

The Walking Man is a book in which nothing happens but everything occurs. It follows a modern-day Japanese business man as he strolls at random through urban Japan—often silent, usually alone—with his vivid dreams that let time stand still. Join him as he climbs a tree in bare feet, takes time out to observe the birds, plays in the puddles after the rain, and returns a shell to the sea. It is an ideal way for readers and graphic novel-lovers to relax.

Jiro Taniguchi spent five years as assistant to the late mangaka Kyuta Ishikawa in Tokyo in the 1960s before debuting himself in 1971 inside Young Comics. Since then his prolific work has garnered many awards in both Japan and France and has been nominated eight times for an Eisner Award at San Diego Comic-Con.