Manga : sixty years of Japanese comics / Paul Gravett.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Laurence King, 2004.Description: 176 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cmISBN:- 1856693910
- 741.5 MAN
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 741.5 MAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100563015 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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 life and career of Osamu Tezuka, creator of Astro Boy and originator of story manga; boys' comics from the 1960s to the present; the genres and genders of girls' and women's comics; the darker, more realistic themes of gekiga -- violent samurai, disturbing horror and apocalyptic science fiction; issues of censorship and protest; and manga's role as a major Japanese export and global influence.
Formerly CIP. Uk.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-173) and index.