Knights of Sidonia, Volume 8
Tsutomu    Nihei is an internationally known Japanese comic artist and  draftsman.   Born in 1971, Nihei made his debut in the comics world as  the winner  of  the 1995Afternoon MagazineFour Seasons Award  for short  stories.  He then briefly worked as an assistant to veteran  comicker  Tsutomu  Takahashi before making his break-through hitBLAME!(published by Tokyopop).TheBLAME!franchise was so well received worldwide, that it inspired an animated    mini-series and eventually drew the attention of Marvel Comics in the    US. Nihei would later go on to draw Wolverine (X-Men) and HALO comics    for Marvel to great fanfare. An architectural student, Nihei's early    work were mainly wordless, relying on visuals and backgrounds to tell    their stories. Now, his works are deeply rooted in hard  science-fiction,   as was seen in the multiple NY Times Bestselling  booksHALO: The Graphic Novel(published by Marvel Comics) andBIOmega(published by Viz Media).