Manga - Sixty Years of Japanese Comics

By Paul Gravett. London 2004. 176 Seiten. mit 360 Abbildungen.Japan's output of manga is massive, accounting for a staggering 40 per cent of everything published per year in the country. Outside Japan, there has been a global boom in sales, with the manga aesthetic spreading from comics into all areas of western youth culture through film, computer games, advertising and design. The book presents an accessible and entertaining introduction to the development and diversity of Japanese comics from 1945 to the present, from Osamu Tezukas Astro Boy, the gender genres boys', girls' and womens' comics to more realistic themes of gekiga - violent samurais, disturbing horror and apocalyptic science fiction.