The Strange Tale of Panorama Island

In 2013, Last Gasp released a single-issue comic adaptation of Edogawa Rampo's classic Japanese mystery novel, The Strange Tale of Panorama Island, rendered by the singular artist Suehiro Maruo. Maruo's meticulous, grotesque linework brings a surreal and decadent visual life to the story of a man who constructs a vast, artificial paradise. This book stands as a striking example of Maruo's career-long fascination with the erotic and grotesque, adapting a foundational work of Japanese detective fiction into a haunting, self-contained graphic novel.