What is "black blizzard"

is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Tatsumi and published by Hinomaru Bunko in November 1956. It is about two convicts who are handcuffed together and escape after the train they are being escorted on crashes. Written by Tatsumi in twenty days, it is considered to be one of the first full-length gekiga works. Manga scholar Ryan Holmberg has called it an unsolicited adaptation of "Black Rainbow". It was published in North America by Drawn and Quarterly on April 13, 2010.