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Solicited by Viz in the March Previews, Secret Comics Japan (MAR001779E, $19.95) offers previously uncollected underground comics from Japan that were produced during the '80s and '90s. This 200-page anthology features the latest generation of taboo-breaking manga artists, as selected by columnist and editor Chikao Shiratori. Working in widely different styles, the artists are united by their surreal subject matter and a total disregard for the merchandising and melodrama than dominate mainstream manga. Readers who appreciate the spontaneity of American small-press comic, the gruesomeness and satire of the '60s undergrounds, or the latest in experimental art and design will want to try out this compilation.