| Description |
360 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Enter the id -- Modern Manga at the end of the millennium -- The Manga magazine scene -- Artists and their work -- Osamu Tezuka: a tribute to the god of comics -- Beyond Manga -- Manga in the English-speaking world |
| Summary |
Explains the different categories of manga, popular titles and publishers. Features more than 22 artists including Hinako Sugiura, king Terry (Teruhiko Yumura), Shingo Iguchi (the creator of Z-Chan), and Fujiko F. Fujio (creator of the Doraemon, a series with 44 volumes which have sold 100 million copies). One chapter is devoted to the "father" of all the cartoonists, Osamu Tezuka |
| Analysis |
Comic books, strips, etc Japan History and criticism |
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ANIMATION |
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CARTOONS |
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COMIC STRIPS |
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MANGA |
| Notes |
Includes Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-356) and index |
| Subject |
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan -- History and criticism.
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Cyborgs in mass media -- Japan.
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Japanese wit and humor, Pictorial.
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| Genre/Form |
Science fiction comics.
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| LC no. |
96011375 |
| ISBN |
188065623X (paper) |
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9781880656235 (paper) |
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