Kotobuki Shiriagari (しりあがり 寿, Shiriagari Kotobuki, born Mochizuki Toshiki, January 1, 1958) is a Japanese manga artist and actor.
Life
Shiriagari was born in Shizuoka in 1958. He studied graphic design at Tama Art University in Tokyo. In early 1981, after graduation, he began to work as an advertising illustrator for the beer company Kirin. He maintained his regular day job, while developing his manga work, until 1994.[1]
His first manga series, launched under his pseudonym Kotobuki Shiriagari, was Ereki na Haru, a strip launched in 1985 by the publisher Hakusensha.[2] His breakthrough as an artist was the series Yajikita in Deep, which he published from 1997 until 2002 in the magazine Comic Beam. His series nowadays still regularly in Comic Beam and experimental magazine AX.[3]
He is known for his dark humor and social criticism.[5] Known for his "gag" manga, Shiriagari keeps his humor close to the dramatic aspects of life. "I always have the choice of telling it with laughter," he said in an interview about his storytelling.[6]
