Review:
The best thing about Junji Ito's manga is, hands down, his artwork. It's detailed and unsettling. This art book does it justice - most of the artwork is given an entire page to itself, and the page size is nice and large.
The book starts with a section focused on Tomie, then a section focused on Uzumaki, and finally a more general "other works" section. The back of the book includes a 3-page interview with Ito about his influences and artistic process. Then there's an "index" that includes publication and medium information for each of the book's artworks, as well as short comments from Ito (acrylics are frequently mentioned as a source of frustration and pain).
The color artworks look amazing here. My absolute favorite is probably page 85, the frontispiece for Kyoshitsu Igyo Collection (Fantastical Classroom Collection). A decision was made to print the black-and-white artworks similar to the way the cover art was done - silver on black. I didn't exactly dislike it, but I kind of wished that it had just been printed black on white.
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