My Name is Shingo, Vol. 1 Jim Mahfood and Library Journal

and Library Journal

" — New York Times Book Review

and a mysterious force called "the Distance" which threatens to destroy it all and only Adora can stop it

But the author also makes zines

My Name is Shingo, Vol. 1 Jim Mahfood and Library JournalBy Kazuo Umezz. Published by Viz. Hardcover, 304 pages, B&W, 1982 (2024 printing) When an industrial robot named Monroe begins to work at his fathers factory, Satoru is fascinated. As he and his friend Marin spend more time with Monroe, they start to suspect theres more to the machine than anyone else realizes. But neither children nor adults are prepared for Monroes violent awakening into consciousness.