Namio Harukawa Carol Tyler Romanova is a great artist

Romanova is a great artist and writer

The textures and patterns she achieves using gouache paint give her work a wonderfully awkward tone and she brings her characters to life through short vignettes that unfold on the page

“Not only is My Brother’s Husband very touching

Graphic Novel Review In this graphic novel

Namio Harukawa Carol Tyler Romanova is a great artistBy Namio Harukawa. Published by Baron Books. Hardcover, 76 pages, Colour and B&W, 2021. Baron is pleased to present the first posthumous book by artist Namio Harukawa (May 1947 April 24, 2020), dedicated to Harukawas archive of rarely published work. Creating a visionary language through the medium of pencil drawings, Harukawa worked for 60 years under a pseudonym, Namio Harukawa: formed from an anagram of Naomi, a reference to Junichir Tanizakis