Manga : sixty years of Japanese comics

Manga : sixty years of Japanese comics / Paul Gravett.

Japan's output of manga is massive, accounting for a staggering forty per cent 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 ga...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gravett, Paul
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Laurence King, 2004.
Subjects:
Comic books, strips, etc > Japan > History and criticism.
The Dr. Mark D. Nevins '86 Collection for the Study of Comics and Graphic Novels
Graphic novels.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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