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...current releases is one of the goals of this column, so I beg your forgiveness for bringing up a book that is over 70 years old. To be fair, it hasn't been seen since its original print of only a few hundred copies back in 1931. But Manga Yonin Shosei by Yoshitaka Kiyama, translated as "The Four Immigrants Manga" (Stone Bridge Press; 152 pages; $15), arrives as nothing short of a history-making revelation: America's (and the world's) first graphic novel. In spite of the Japanese title, author and main characters, "Four Immigrants" is completely American. First...
...Combining an account of actual lives in the context of world history, yet told with the charm and humor of a Sunday comic strip, Yoshitaka Kiyama's "The Four Immigrants Manga" should not be missed. A book to be enjoyed by readers of history and comix, this once-lost artifact works as both a delightful read and a reminder of where Americans come from...
...this is partly a matter of personal taste. It is easy to see its appeal to another audience, particularly a younger one. “Lantern Sentai,” an attempt to adapt Green Lantern to a Tokyo anime style didn’t hit my spot, but Manga fans might rejoice at the Studio Kaiju production...
...Publishers noticed the humorous comments she added to compensate for her lack of drawing skills; by junior year in college she had debuted as a cartoonist. After her series about losing $500,000 in illegal mah-jongg became a hit, she went on to cultivate her personal style of manga (the Japanese term for comics), which now has many imitators. Says Saibara: "People who can draw well are too proud to do anything, and many of them are still starving artists." --By Toko Sekiguchi...
...Square, credits the marketing industry and a “media driven” world for the rise in the genre’s popularity. Though she said the reading population was dropping, science fiction has expanded with ease into other mediums. Computer and video games, graphic novels and manga have repackaged many of science fiction’s themes for a younger, modern audience...