Over and again, Tomie drives the men who fall for her into madness. Ito’s debut story, written when he was only 24 years old, was Tomie, a series of stories about a young woman who defies death and ageing. His horror stories, both short and long, are all written and drawn with a surreal, off-kilter, otherworldly eeriness. What makes Ito unique in the horror world is that he isn’t a novelist or a short story writer in the traditional sense he’s a mangaka. Combining a deft artist’s eye with a boundless and terrifying imagination, Junji Ito stands head and shoulders above every other horror writer around.īorn in 1963 in Gifu prefecture, Junji Ito is Japan’s most successful and lauded horror writer. Junji Ito is a mangaka who understands phobias, existential anxieties, and the terror of the unknown better than any other horror writer on Earth. Turn your eyes to Japan, however, and you’ll discover a writer and artist capable of injecting a far more potent amount of fear into his readers’ veins. The Forever stamp, featuring a detail from the cover of “Strega Nona,” will be available in panes of 20 at Post Offices and on term master of horror is often attributed to American author Stephen King without any argument. He died on March 30, 2020, in Lebanon, NH. In 2011, dePaola received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now the Children’s Literature Legacy Award) for his “substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.” Set in southern Italy, the stories focus on Strega Nona -Grandma Witch - who uses magic to help with matters of the heart and to cure her neighbors’ ills.
Published in 1975, the first book in the series received a Caldecott Honor. He is probably best known for the “Strega Nona” picture book series. The Postal Service will release a stamp in honor of Tomie dePaola, an award-winning children’s book author and illustrator, on May 5.ĭePaola (1934-2020) produced a body of work that encompasses folktales and legends, informational books, religious and holiday stories, and autobiographical tales.
The Tomie dePaola stamp features a detail from the cover of his “Strega Nona” children’s book.
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