Keiichi Koike
Born1960
Tokyo
NationalityJapanese
Notable works
Ultra Heaven

Keiichi Koike (小池桂一, Koike Keiichi) (born in 1960) is a Japanese manga artist.

Born in Tokyo, Koike won the prestigious Tezuka Award in 1976, when he was 16.[1]

His style, similar to Katsuhiro Otomo and Moebius, is marked by vivid representations of psychedelic experiences.[2]

Drugs are an important part of his inspiration: "Except peyotl, I have tried almost everything: hashish, heroin, cocain, acid, magic mushrooms... From a strictly graphical point of view, however, LSD is most important by far..." He is best known as the author of manga Heaven's Door and Ultra Heaven.[1]

His work was first presented to English audiences in 2016.[3]

Works

  • 1985: Shadow Man
  • 1985–1986: Spinoza
  • 1988: Katajikenai
  • 1988: G
  • 1989–1991: Astroid
  • 2002–hiatus: Ultra Heaven
  • 2003: Heaven's Door

References

  1. 1 2 Stephane Jarno (6 November 2010). "Keiichi Koike, le mangaka qui met ses trips sur la table" (in French). Telerama. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Baptiste Gilleron (3 October 2009). "Heaven's Door - Par Keiichi Koike - Glénat" (in French). Actua BD. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Shea Hennum, Tegan O'Neil, Caitlin Rosberg, and Oliver Sava (12 January 2016). "Humanoids' attempt to represent global comics shows just another boys' club". AV Club. Retrieved 18 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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