Senno Knife - 1 Original page - Marionette - 1995

Marionette (Puppet Master) - Original page by Senno Knife

First published in Suspiria (named after the 1977 Dario Argento classic): Gakuen Mystery No. 30
Collected in Shōjo Pandora (Akita Shoten, 1995)

Media : pencil, ink & zip-a-tone on paper
Condition : Very good condition

Senno Knife (千之ナイフ, born 1960) is a Japanese mangaka celebrated for his distinctive mix of horror, eroticism, and surreal fantasy. He founded a Leiji Matsumoto fan club and, shortly afterwards, was invited to help with Matsumoto's manuscripts thus he began his career assisting Leiji Matsumoto (and Miyako Maki)

Originally active in the doujinshi scene under the name Yamamoto Kazuto, he later adopted the alias “Senno Knife” (“A Thousand Knives”). Influenced by Paul Delvaux, Francis Bacon, Tim Burton, and Clive Barker, his work combines shōjo-style aesthetics with shōnen-inspired storytelling.

His richly detailed art explores sex, death, demons, dolls, TSF (transgender fiction), and yuri, balancing horror with humor and parody, and establishing him as one of Japan’s most distinctive cult creators.

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