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Manga Sixty Years of Japanese Comics SC (2004 Laurence King) comic books 2004

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    Manga Sixty Years of Japanese Comics SC (2004 Laurence King) 1-1ST
    Manga Sixty Years of Japanese Comics SC (2004 Laurence King) #1-1ST
    Tags: Comic History, Manga
    Published Aug 2004 by Laurence King.
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    $12.75

    1st printing.

    By by Paul Gravett.

    This lavishly illustrated volume presents an accessible and entertaining introduction to the development and diversity of manga from the 1940s to the present.

    It features striking graphics and extracts form a wide range of manga, covering as such themes as: the specific attributes of manga in relation 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 genre 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.

    Softcover, 9 1/21-in. x 11-in., 176 pages, PC/PB&W.

    Cover price $24.95.