Manga 60 Years of Japanese Comics

Name: Manga 60 Years of Japanese Comics
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ISBN: 9781856693912

ISBN-10: 1856693910

ISBN-13: 9781856693912

Edition: 2004

Authors: Paul Gravett

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Japan's output of manga is massive, accounting for a staggering forty percent of everything published each year in the country.Outside Japan, there has been a global boom in sales, with the manga aesthetic spreading from comics into all areas of Western youth culture through film, computer games, advertising, and design. Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics presents an accessible, entertaining, and highly-illustrated introduction to the development and diversity of Japanese comics from 1945 to the present. Featuring striking graphics and extracts from a wide range of manga, the book covers such themes as the specific attributes of manga in contrast to American and European comics; the…

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List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/3/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 9.75" wide x 11.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English



Introduction : irresponsible pictures : addressing perceptions and prejudices



Catch up, overtake ; the medium, the industry, the market, the profession



Japanese spirit, western learning : roots in traditional arts and imported cartoons and strips



The father storyteller : the life and role of Osamu Tezuka, originator of story manga



From a darker place : Gekiga or 'dramatic pictures' from pay libraries to newsstands



Boys are forever : boys' comics as the driving force of story manga



Through a woman's eyes : the genres and genders of girls' and women's comics



Developing maturity : the mass market for young males and adult men grows up



The all-encompassing : a medium for every taste, interest and stage of life



Personal agendas : the individualism of underground, fanzine and art comics subcultures



Culture and imperialism : manga as a major export and global influence