| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 398 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Critical survey of graphic novels |
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Critical survey of graphic novels.
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| Contents |
Abandon the Old in Tokyo -- Adolf -- Akira -- Assassination Classroom -- Astro Boy -- Banana Fish -- Barefoot Gen -- Battle Angel Alita -- Berserk -- Black Blizzard -- Black Jack -- Blade of the Immortal -- Bleach -- Boys over Flowers -- Buddha -- Cardcaptor Sakura -- Crying Freeman -- Death Note -- Dissolving Classroom -- Distant Neighborhood, A -- Dororo -- Dragon Ball -- Dr. Slump -- Drifting Classroom, The -- Drifting Life, A: The Epic Autobiography of a Manga Master -- Fist of the North Star -- Four Immigrants Manga, The: A Japanese Experience in San Francisco, 1904-1924 -- From Eroica with Love -- Fruits Basket -- Fullmetal Alchemist -- Ghost in the Shell -- Golgo 13 -- Gon -- Goodnight Pumpun -- Hikaru no go -- I Am A Hero -- I Hear the Sunspot -- InuYasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale -- Japan Ai: A Tall Girl's Adventures in Japan -- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure -- Lone Wolf and Cub -- Lupin III -- Maison Ikkoku -- Mai, the Psychic Girl -- Monster -- MW -- My Hero Academia -- Nana -- Naruto -- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind -- Ode to Kirihito -- Oh My Goddess! -- Old Boy -- One Piece -- Phoenix -- Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka -- Ranma 1/2 -- Rose of Versailles, The -- Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story -- Sailor Moon -- Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac -- Sanctuary -- Shee and Her Cat -- Slam Dunk -- Solanin -- Speed Racer: Mach Go Go Go -- Summit of the Gods, The -- To Terra. . . -- Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms -- Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle -- 20th Century Boys -- Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror -- We Were There -- Yotsuba &! -- Bibliography -- Time line -- Works by artist -- Works by author -- Works by publisher -- Index |
| Summary |
Provides insight into the most popular and studied manga graphic novels. The manga tradition includes josei manga, which targets a mature female audience, shoujo-ai manga, which focuses on the spiritual, sexual, or emotional aspects of relationships, shonen-ai, manga created by female authors that focuses on homoerotic or homoromantic male relationships, and kodomo manga, created exclusively for a young audience |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Graphic novels -- Encyclopedias
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Comic books, strips, etc. -- Encyclopedias
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ART -- Techniques -- Drawing.
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Comic books, strips, etc.
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Graphic novels
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| Genre/Form |
Comics (Graphic works)
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Encyclopedias
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Graphic novels
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Graphic novels.
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Comics (Graphic works)
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Bandes dessinées.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Beaty, Bart, editor.
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Weiner, Stephen, 1955- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781682179123 |
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1682179125 |
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9781682179574 |
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1682179575 |
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