Articles tagged "manga"

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Masters of Horror Manga: Kazuo Umezu and Hideshi Hino

by Oliver Ho

[20.Nov.09] :. Perhaps more so than any other artists, Kazuo Umezu and Hideshi Hino defined the genre of horror comics in Japan, an influence that extends to the West, and also to the world of J-horror films.

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Masters of Horror Manga: Kazuo Umezu and Hideshi Hino

by Oliver Ho

[18.Nov.09] :. Where Kazuo Umezu is somewhat more traditional, Hideshi Hino strives to find beauty or at least to nuture a sort of awestruck fascination with horrific images and narrative elements.

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Books Review

Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater by Eric P. Nash

by Oliver Ho

[21.Oct.09] :. Nash offers a study of kamishibai's influence on modern manga, and how Japanese comics differ from American ones (as well as answering a common question: "What's with the wide eyes?").

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Manga and Minimalism: The Shared Visions of Yoshihiro Tatsumi and Raymond Carver

by Oliver Ho

[4.Aug.09] :. One is an acknowledged master of the modern short story, and the other is an influential figure in the world of alternative Japanese comics.

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From Gekiga to Good Raymond

by Oliver Ho

[2.Aug.09] :. They lived on opposite sides of the planet, at roughly the same time, and never met. In their lifetimes (one is now dead) each became an acknowledged and influential master in his chosen form of storytelling, and even though their media, social contexts and biographies were worlds apart, the early work of each artist bears striking similarities: they shared a melancholy, darkly humorous, and peculiarly bleak vision of character, story, and life.

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Books Review

A Drifting Life by Yoshihiro Tatsumi

by Jeremy Estes

[29.Apr.09] :. The scope, detail and physical detail of the book is a massive leap forward from the four-panel gag strips with which Hiroshi began his career.

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The Graphic Report: Summer Edition

by Chris Barsanti

[11.Aug.08] :. And so, on to looking at what's worth reading, graphic novel-speaking, before fall comes calling.

 

Gakuen Alice Volume 1

by Katie Haegele [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[6.Feb.08] :. As good an introduction to the darkly loony world of manga as you'll find.