manga reviews, Japanese literature, and related items of interest
While reading Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present, I encountered a single sentence that particularly caught my attention: "Star Reach was also notable for printing the first Japanese comics …
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Author: Ivan Morris Publisher: Kodansha ISBN: 9781568360294 Released: June 1994 Original release: 1964 Several years ago I read the entirety of The Tale of Genji, a novel written by Murasaki …
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My News and Reviews So, as I briefly mentioned in my anniversary post this morning, my partners and I very recently became parents. We all ended up spending most of last week at the hospital; …
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I have been writing about manga, Japanese literature, and other related (and occasionally not-so-related) subjects here at Experiments in Manga for four years now. That's...kind of incredible in its …
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Author: Jamie Lynn Lano Publisher: Jamie Lynn Lano ISBN: 9781499797527 Released: July 2014 The Princess of Tennis: The True Story of Working As a Mangaka's Assistant in Japan by Jamie Lynn Lano …
Creator: Denise Schroeder Publisher: Chromatic Press Released: May 2014 Original release: March 2014 Before You Go is a short, thirty-three paged comic written and illustrated by Denise …
