The Eastern Edge

I received an email today from a reader and Urasawa fan asking me if I can confirm a rumor about a secret Urasawa comic about Bob Dylan.
I'd never heard of it so, naturally, I did a little digging.

Yup, it's real.
It came out in December 2007 and this is what it looks like:

It's a 307-page collaboration with a singer named Koji Wakui. According to some Japanese blogs I looked at, this book is a collection of work that was serialized in Big Comic Spirits, obviously before Urasawa's apparent split with Shogakukan (likely over the Master Keaton fiasco, which, I assume, is the reason Billy Bat is in Kodansha's Morning).

The comic appears to coincide with the release of a Koji Wakui CD of Dylan covers, which features a cool illustration by Urawasa.

I don't know much about this comic yet, but I do know that Urasawa is a massive Bob Dylan fan. I know nothing about Koji Wakui, though.

Anwyay, I'll give the manga a look if I can find a copy to thumb through, and maybe give the CD a listen, too.
I also want to know what this is all about:

It looks like this Urasawa & Wakui collaboration also involved some sort of concert.
I'm still looking into that so stay tuned!

And thanks to the reader who mailed me.

UPDATE: Although this book is mostly interviews and text of conversations between Urasawa & Wakui about Bob Dylan, there is a 30 page comic included in it called "Bob Dylan's Great Adventure".
- 11/27