Princess of Darkness

Yuichiro Tanuma’s Princess of Darkness, a six-issue series from Fantagraphics in the mid-1990s, blends the creator’s manga-influenced storytelling with Western comic sensibilities, as Tanuma and Ron Wilber bring a gothic, supernatural atmosphere to the page. The series follows its enigmatic protagonist through a shadowy narrative of dark fantasy and personal struggle. A distinctive artifact of the era’s independent comics scene, it showcases Tanuma’s unique voice and visual style in a compact, self-contained run.