Mechademia 8 : Tezuka's Manga Life /

Known as the "Walt Disney of Japan" it is no surprise that Tezuka Osamu is still the best-known manga creator to Western fans. Current scholarship has uncovered the profound complexity and ambiguity not only of his work but of the man, the artist, and his life-dismantling his position as t...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lunning, Frenchy (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis, Minnesota : University Of Minnesota Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tezuka, Osamu, > 1928-1989.
Tezuka, Osamu, > 1928-1989 > Criticism and interpretation.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Caricatures and cartoons.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
ART > Techniques > Drawing.
Comic books, strips, etc > Japan > History and criticism.
Caricatures and cartoons > Japan > History > 20th century.
Japan.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Known as the "Walt Disney of Japan" it is no surprise that Tezuka Osamu is still the best-known manga creator to Western fans. Current scholarship has uncovered the profound complexity and ambiguity not only of his work but of the man, the artist, and his life-dismantling his position as the god of manga. Contributors to this volume of Mechademia-a series devoted to creative and critical work on anime, manga, and the fan arts-analyze Tezuka and his complicated approaches toward life and nonlife on earth, as well as his effect on the lives of other manga artists. Using essays and reprints of Jap.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781452940205

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