Mangasia: The Definitive Guide to Asian Comics

ISBN-13: 9780500292433 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 320 str.

Paul Gravett

Opis

An exhaustive and visually engaging account, Mangasia charts the evolution of manga from its roots in late nineteenth-century Japan through the many and varied forms of comics, cartoons, and animation created throughout Asia for more than one hundred years.World authority on comic art Paul Gravett details the evolving meanings of the myths and legends told and retold by manga artists of every decade and reveals the development and cross pollination of ideas between manga artists throughout Asia. He explores the explosion of creativity in manga after the Second World War and highlights how creators have responded to political events since 1950 in the form of propaganda, criticism, and commentary in manga magazines, comics, and books.With maps, timelines, and reproductions from Japan, China, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, the Philippines, Vietnam, India, and Bangladesh, this book is the first to explain the significance of key themes, the meanings of embodied myths, and the connections between various manga traditions.

Recenzje

'A fat and lushly illustrated volume that is as likely to work for fans of manga as for those who remain entirely baffled by it' - Observer

Spis treści

1. Mapping Mangasia - 2. Fable + Folklore - 3. Recreating + Revising the Past - 4. Stories + Storytellers - 5. Censorship + Sensibility - 6. Multimedia Mangasia

O autorze

Paul Gravett is a writer, critic, curator, publisher and broadcaster who has been workingin the comics industry since 1981. He is author of many books about comics, includingManga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics, Graphic Novels: Stories to Change Your Life andComics Art, and was general editor of 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die. He isco-director of Comica, the London International Comics Festival. Park Chan-wook is a renowned South Korean film director, screenwriter and producer. His 2003 film Old Boy won the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.