Junko Mizuno was born in 1973 in Tokyo, Japan. She's one of the most promising young artists in Japan's fast-moving manga (comics) scene. Her instantly recognizable illustrations blending the cute and the grotesque grace everything in Tokyo from T-shirts to CD jackets to nightclub decor.
Mizuno first came to prominence with her comics series Pure Trance (1998), which was originally serialized as booklets released with CDs by the techno-pop label Avex Trax.
Books by her or ones in which she contributed include Hell Babies, Cinderalla, Pure Trance, Hansel and Gretel, Princess Mermaid, Collector File 002, Drop Dead Cute and Collector File, Volume 1 : Girls In Pop.
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Junkos blog spot. ^
