| When Manga Came to America: Super-Hero Revisionism in Mai, the Psychic Girl Contributor(s): Darius, Julian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1940589037 ISBN-13: 9781940589039 Publisher: Sequart Research & Literacy Organization OUR PRICE: $6.64 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Comics & Graphic Novels |
| Physical Information: 0.19" H x 6" W x 9" (0.28 lbs) 80 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first manga widely available in English, MAI, THE PSYCHIC GIRL -- written by Kazuya Kudo, with art by Ryoichi Ikegami -- offered a near-perfect story for American readers: a realistic super-hero story, in line with revisionist American comics of the time (like WATCHMEN). In this short book, Dr. Julian Darius explores the comic, its depiction of super-powers, its relationship to revisionism, its depiction of female sexuality, and the various attempts to adapt the story as a motion picture. From Sequart Organization. More info at http: //sequart.org |