Umezu Kazuo: The Horror Manga Master and His Complex Relationship with Tezuka Osamu

Scenes from The Drifting Classroom. (© Umezu Kazuo)

A Japanese edition of Shin Takarajima (New Treasure Island), at left, with art by Tezuka Osamu and story and composition by Sakai Shichima (© Nippon.com); at right, Tezuka Osamu at work. (© Jiji).

The artist’s debut work Forest Siblings. (© Umezu Kazuo)

The follow-up from the same year, Another World. (© Umezu Kazuo)

“The Moment Mouth Rips Open to Ears,” 1961. (© Umezu Kazuo)

A panel from Makoto-chan shows characters performing Umezu’s signature Gwashi hand gesture. (© Umezu Kazuo)

My Name Is Shingo. (© Umezu Kazuo)

Fourteen. (© Umezu Kazuo)

Zoku-Shingo. (© Umezu Kazuo)