{"product_id":"billy-bat-volume-1-volume-1","title":"Billy Bat Volume 1: Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA highly requested title from Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki, the in-demand manga Billy Bat is a historical conspiracy-thriller meta-manga spanning multiple millennia following a Japanese American comic artist's search for the truth regarding the origins of his character \"Billy Bat.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first thrilling volume in the sci-fi mystery by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki, beautifully packaged and available for the first time in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1949 Los Angeles, and Kevin Yamagata, a Japanese American comic book author, is drawing his bestselling character, Billy Bat: a quick-witted detective who is, unsurprisingly, a cartoon bat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything is going well for Kevin until he discovers an unfortunate truth: He may have unintentionally plagiarized his beloved character from a drawing he once saw in Japan. Devastated by the news, Kevin returns to war-torn Japan to find the drawing's original artist . . . but the character's origins turn out to be far older and more perplexing than he had ever imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kristi Iwashiro, Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47477892350188,"sku":"9781419780080","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781419780080.jpg?v=1775542417","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/billy-bat-volume-1-volume-1","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}