Dark Horse Comics to publish Bourdain’s last novel

PORTLAND — Portland-based Dark Horse Comics will publish Anthony Bourdain’s last graphic novel, a series of nine horror stories based on Japanese myths, next month.

“Hungry Ghosts” drops Oct. 2, Dark Horse said in a release. The compilation is another collaboration between the late travel show host and Joel Rose, the same duo behind the “Get Jiro” series, which follows a fictional Yakuza heir and sushi chef.

(For those wondering, Bourdain said the main character of that tale was not inspired by the 85-year-old Jiro Ono, star of the 2011 documentary “Jiro Dreams of Sushi.)

The graphic novel includes five recipes Bourdain created for the book, each of which is featured in one of the nine stories throughout. There’s also a glossary toward the end that explains the origins of the ghosts behind the stories.

Bourdain died June 8 in France as he was filming the next season of his CNN travel series, “Parts Unknown.” His 2000 book, “Kitchen Confidential,” is cited by chefs across the country as an inspiration.

“He made us incredibly proud. He made it; made it out of the kitchen, lived a life most of us — cooks or not — can only dream of,” Pok Pok’s Andy Ricker wrote in a guest column for The Oregonian/OregonLive after Bourdain’s death. “And he brought us along with him.”

“Hungry Ghosts” will be released on Oct. 2 for $13.49.