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The Name Garo: Shirato Sanpei and the Indo-Manga Connection

BY Ryan Holmberg Sep 27, 2013 12 Comments

Uncovering the meaning of the name Garo Continue reading →

 
Curse of the Guardians' Spirits, Indrajal Comics (September 21, 1986).

Indie India: An Interview with Kailash Iyer

BY Ryan Holmberg Sep 9, 2013 2 Comments

A sketch of the landscape of independent comics in India today. Continue reading →

 
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Leaping Windows Comics Cafe: The Indo-Manga Connection II

BY Ryan Holmberg Aug 5, 2013 4 Comments

A comics destination in Mumbai. Continue reading →

 
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Comix India and the Indo-Manga Connection: An Interview with Bharath Murthy

BY Ryan Holmberg May 6, 2013 6 Comments

A look at Comix India, India’s first and most prominent amateur comics magazine, Continue reading →

 
Joe Gatchalian, Clone Woman (Manila: Pan Pacific Publishing House, 1980).

Filipino Komiks and Japanese Sex Tourism: Joe Gatchalian’s Clone Woman

BY Ryan Holmberg Mar 15, 2013 2 Comments

A curious cultural synergy. Continue reading →

 
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Big Robot, Big Foot

BY Ryan Holmberg Mar 11, 2013 Leave a comment

Can you identify these comic book references in a couple of seminal Japanese comics? Continue reading →

 
Sakai Shichima and Tezuka Osamu, New Treasure Island (1946-47), cover.

Tezuka Osamu Outwits the Phantom Blot: The Case of New Treasure Island cont’d

BY Ryan Holmberg Feb 22, 2013 15 Comments

Osamu Tezuka, Sakai Shichima and the complicated history of a manga classic. Continue reading →

 
Sakai Shichima & Tezuka Osamu, New Treasure Island (January 1947), cover.

Manga Finds Pirate Gold: The Case of New Treasure Island

BY Ryan Holmberg Oct 1, 2012 2 Comments

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 →