What Was Alternative Manga?
Comix India and the Indo-Manga Connection: An Interview with Bharath Murthy
A look at Comix India, India’s first and most prominent amateur comics magazine, Continue reading
Filipino Komiks and Japanese Sex Tourism: Joe Gatchalian’s Clone Woman
A curious cultural synergy. Continue reading
Big Robot, Big Foot
Can you identify these comic book references in a couple of seminal Japanese comics? Continue reading
Tezuka Osamu Outwits the Phantom Blot: The Case of New Treasure Island cont’d
Osamu Tezuka, Sakai Shichima and the complicated history of a manga classic. Continue reading
Manga Finds Pirate Gold: The Case of New Treasure Island
One history of postwar manga might begin in Burbank in the late 1930s and early 40s, amidst the trials and tribulations of the Disney Studio after the outbreak of World War II in Europe. Continue reading
The Aomushi Showa Manga Library
The best place in all of Manga Land: A spacious and atmospheric treasure trove of postwar comics. Continue reading
Tezuka Osamu and American Comics
Tezuka was a comic book artist, first and foremost, his dreams and later successes with animation notwithstanding. And as a comic book artist it would only make sense if comic books were his strongest influence, which indeed they were. Continue reading
