Shoeisha's ILLUSTRATION 2027 Yearbook Ships November 26 With Peach Momoko Cover
The annual volume's full roster turnover means the 2027 edition is a fresh snapshot of the illustration scene rather than a repeat of last year's names, with Momoko's Marvel cover work pulling the yearbook toward the American comics audience as much as the Japanese one.
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Shoeisha will publish ILLUSTRATION 2027 on Thursday, November 26, a 320-page B5 yearbook priced at 3300 yen. Peach Momoko, a Japanese artist known for Marvel Comics cover art, drew the cover. The book features 150 creators, all replaced from ILLUSTRATION 2026, and closes with interviews with manga artist Kamome Shirahama and concept artist gehn, plus a dialogue between Momoko and art director Tomoyuki Arima.
Peach Momoko's cover work is usually seen on Marvel titles; here it sits on a 320-page B5 volume from Shoeisha. The book design is by Tomoyuki Arima, with an emblem by Nekoshogun and body design by Tomofumi Nojo of buku. Koji Hirashima handles planning and supervision, and printing uses a technique called Brilliant Palette, which the publisher says reproduces each artist's color and brushwork.
The back matter carries three interviews. Kamome Shirahama, author of Witch Hat Atelier, discusses illustration from a manga artist's view; gehn, who did concept art for ELDEN RING and Bloodborne, discusses it from a concept artist's view; and Momoko talks with Arima about the cover's production.
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