Dreamland Japan : writings on modern manga /

Schodt, Frederik L., 1950-

Dreamland Japan : writings on modern manga / [Book] : Frederik L. Schodt. - Collector's edition. - Berkeley, California : Stone Bridge Press, c2011. - 375 pages, [8] pages of plates : some colored illustrations ; 24 cm.

This landmark book, first published at the height of the manga boom, is offered in a hardcover collector's edition with a new foreword and afterword. Frederik L. Schodt looks at the classic publications and artists who created modern manga, including the magazines Big Comics and Morning, and artists like Suehiro Maruo and Shigeru Mizuki; an entire chapter is devoted to Osamu Tezuka. The new afterword shows how manga have evolved in the past decade to transform global visual culture.

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9781933330952 (hbk.)


Comic books, strips, etc.--History and criticism.--Japan

741.5952