BAREFOOT GEN 2016 ✦ CG, sumi ink, publisher-provided artwork ✦ book design    I had the great honor of redesigning the outer sleeves for Last Gasp's 2016 Kickstarter campaign edition of Keiji Nakazawa's "Barefoot Gen". The first four volumes were released in hardcover form to backers, and donated to libraries and schools. Soon after, the entire series was updated with hardcover and softcover versions. For these covers, I scanned-in many interesting and emotional panels from my copies of the 1985 run of the Japanese edition. My books are old and weathered, and I decided to retain that for the images in my final design(hence the back cover of volume 3 having some damage, for example.) For the logo, I made that in sumi ink with a large brush.   PUBLISHER: Last Gasp Barefoot Gen © Keiji Nakazawa        SUMI BRUSH PAINTING FOR THE LOGO THE INITIAL FOUR HARDCOVERS   Site contents and design © Evan Hayden