Gakuen Bangaichi [Collector's Edition] Vol.2

[Machine Translation] This is the first "serial" work by Ishikawa Ken, 15 years after his death, and a monumental work that goes back to "Getter Robo" and is the first work under the joint name of Nagai Go. Nagai Go made his debut in 1967 at the age of 22 with "Poliyoshi Meakeishi". After his debut, he continued to release works energetically, and instead of the hierarchical relationship of teacher and assistant that had existed at manga studios until then, he founded Dynamic Pro with the aim of creating a group of creators. Ishikawa, who passed away in 2006 at the age of 58, was born in June 1948, and was a member of the baby-boom generation with his birthday in September 1945. Gakuen Bangaichi" was the first work that these two artists published together under their own names. The serialization of this school gag manga began in 1969. It was the year of the Yasuda Auditorium Incident at the University of Tokyo, a time when young people of the same generation as the two were loudly calling for revolution and were engaged in conflicts. It is no exaggeration to say that this work is one of Go Nagai's three great school manga, along with "Harenchi Gakuen" (from 1969) and "Gakuen Boring Man" (from 1970), both of which were also in the same era, and both of which bitterly mocked the old authority. At the beginning of the serialization, Go Nagai was 23 years old, and Ken Ishikawa (whose real name was Kenichi Ishikawa at the beginning of the serialization, but changed to Ken Ishikawa during the serialization) was just 21 years old, making this his first serial work. However, in the middle of the serialization, in 1970 No. 19 (September 22 issue), Ken Ishikawa left Dynamic Pro, declaring his intention to hitchhike around Japan, and the serialization was changed to "Tetsuji Aikawa / Go Nagai" in the next issue and thereafter. A few years later, Ken Ishikawa officially returned to Dynamic Productions. His "Getter Robo," also a joint work with Go Nagai, made his individuality and uniqueness known to manga fans, and he remained at Dynamic Pro until 2006, the year of his death, and continued to produce powerful works. Gakuen Bangaichi" was the beginning of their relationship. This work was published twice before in comics (Shonen Gahosha "HIT COMICS" edition, 1971~72, and Wakagi Shobo "COMIC MATE" edition, 1974), without the Tetsuji Aikawa part, but it has been difficult to obtain for a long time. Reprint.com is pleased to present this reprinted edition, which reproduces the door picture and color pages of each serialized issue, and includes "extra pages" such as the mouth picture that appeared only in the first issue of the magazine and was not included in the book. Product Specifications / 2 volumes, A5 size, softcover, 240 pages each / Color pages (4-color and 2-color) and door pictures from the magazine serialization are reproduced for the first time! Gallery and commentary on the illustrations are included at the end of the book.

没後15年となる石川賢の初めての「連載」作品であり『ゲッターロボ』からさかのぼっての、初めての永井豪と連名となる記念碑的作品、47年ぶりの単行本化にして、カラー頁や扉絵といった初出誌掲載状態を初の再現!1967年、22歳のときに『目明しポリ吉』でデビューした永井豪。デビュー以降、精力的に作品を発表し続け、それまでのマンガ・スタジオのように、先生とアシスタントといった徒弟的でヒエラルキーのある関係ではなく、クリエイター集団を目指してダイナミックプロを創設した永井豪の隣で、誰よりも精力的に活躍をしたのが石川賢でした。2006年、享年58で急逝した石川賢は1948年6月生まれ。1945年9月が誕生月の永井豪とは、ともに団塊世代に属し、年齢差では3年の違いもありません。そんな2人が、名前を列記させて発表した初めての作品が『学園番外地』でした。学園ギャグ漫画である本作の連載が開始したのは1969年。東大安田講堂事件が起きた年であり、2人と同世代の若者たちが口々に革命を訴え、紛争に血道をあげている時代でもありました。同じ時代の空気の中で、やはり旧来の権威を痛烈に嘲罵してみせた『ハレンチ学園』(1969年~)や『ガクエン退屈男』(1970年~)と並び、本作は永井豪の三大学園漫画の一角を占めると言っても過言ではないでしょう。連載開始当初、永井豪は23歳であり、本作が初めての連載作品となる石川賢(連載開始時は本名の石川賢一、途中から石川賢に)は、若干21歳という若きコンビでした。しかし、連載途中の1970年No.19(9月22日号)をもって、石川賢がヒッチハイクでの日本一周を宣言してダイナミックプロを退社したため、次号以降の連載は「相川てつじ/監修・永井豪」という形式に変更されます。それから数年後、石川賢はダイナミックプロに正式復帰。やはり永井豪との共作表記となった『ゲッターロボ』によって、漫画ファンの間にその個性/独自性が知られることになり、没年となった2006年までダイナミックプロに籍を置きながら、パワフルな作品を発表し続けました。そんな2人の関係のはじまりとなる作品がこの『学園番外地』なのでした。同作は、後半の相川てつじパートを割愛して、過去に2度(少年画報社「HIT COMICS」版・1971~72年/若木書房「COMIC MATE」版・1974年)コミックスにまとめられたものの、その後長らく入手困難となっていました。このたび復刊ドットコムでは、連載時各回の扉絵やカラーページを再現し、初出誌にのみ掲載され単行本未収録だった口絵などの「おまけページ」も収録した愛蔵版仕様でお届けいたします。▼商品仕様◇全2巻/A5判・ソフトカバー/各240ページ予定◇雑誌連載時のカラーページ(4色・2色)や扉絵の数々を初めて再現!◇巻末にギャラリー、口絵解説収録など(c)Go Nagai・Tetsuko Ishikawa/Dynamic Production 2021