Women's Manga Beyond Japan: Contemporary Comics as Cultural Crossroads in Asia - 3 views
Graphic artists condemn plans to ban erotic comics - UK Politics, UK - The Independent - 0 views
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This week Parliament will discuss a new Bill which will make it a criminal offence to possess cartoons depicting certain forms of child abuse. If the Coroners and Justice Bill remains unaltered it will make it illegal to own any picture of children participating in sexual activities, or present whilst sexual activity took place. The Ministry of Justice claims that the Bill is needed to clamp down on the growing quantity of hardcore paedophilic cartoon porn available on the internet, particularly from Japan. But critics of the legislation say the current definitions are so sweeping that it risks stifling mainstream artistic expression as well as turning thousands of law abiding comic book fans into potential sex offenders.
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graphic artist Alan Moore
Opinion Prone: Digital Distribution of Manga - 0 views
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digital manga...? I have mixed feelings about how well this will work out. Unlike anime, the format of reading a book doesn't translate as neatly as the format of watching a show on a screen. Manga sales haven't lagged as much as DVD sales partially because many people still prefer holding a physical book in their hands as opposed to reading on a computer screen (the other reason might be because they're cheaper).
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I'm not sure if scanlations have as much an impact on manga sales as fansubs do on DVD sales though. Various experiments conducted by both fiction and nonfiction authors suggest that the availability of an e-book actually boosts real book sales.
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The pricing model Digital Manga is using is kind of interesting. It's cheaper than buying the physical thing by more than 50%. The experiment I mentioned above had the people release their e-books free, which spurred their real book sales.
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New university library puts focus on the fans - 0 views
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At last count, there were more than 20 manga museums in its home country, including The Kyoto International Manga Museum, and now there is talk of creating a National Center for Media Arts to include manga and anime. Bound for glory: Manga being readied for Tokyo's upcoming Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library of Manga and Subcultures. YOSHIHIRO YONEZAWA MEMORIAL LIBRARY OF MANGA AND SUBCULTURES window.google_render_ad(); But as the national government swings belatedly into action, some experts are saying it is time to shift the focus from manga itself onto the fans' subculture that has fed its success.
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In another indication of the new library's focus on the fan subculture surrounding manga, it will be the first facility of its kind in Japan to house a substantial collection of doujinshi,
No curbs on child sex in comics - 2 views
Akihabara: touring Tokyo's geek mecca - 1 views
The Visual Linguist - manga - 0 views
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At most, various sources mention one or two different conventions, but I couldn't find any extensive type of cataloging. (though, if anyone is aware of such a thing, please let me know)I started trying to make a cross-cultural list like this back when I used to have the forum, but that project seems to have stagnated. This is a research project just waiting for someone to take it up (like oh so many)...
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Underlying message: Graphic systems are not universal
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one graphic system can influence another one
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'Manga' viewed as vibrant info conduit | The Japan Times Online - 0 views
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"In 1999 and 2000, Comix Cafe, a manga coffee shop, as well as the Hello Kitty cafe and the Ultraman restaurant opened in Hong Kong. But they all went out of business due to a lack of repeat customers," said Alan Wan, a Hong Kong-based artist. "On the other hand, the Charlie Brown Cafe opened in 2006 and it's surviving, because they don't overemphasize the cartoon theme and ordinary people who aren't manga fanatics feel welcome."
Aso's omission of the anime industry - 0 views
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Aso's Angel ...appears to be the manga industry, if this recent speech is any indication. It's telling that the Prime Minister focused exclusively on manga and not anime, which has "entered the global lexicon" and enjoys great popularity abroad well. Was it simply a slip of the tongue or an actual slight -- a sign that the troubled industry simply isn't worth saving to The Powers that Be?
Tokyo's 'Nonexistent Youth' Bill Faces Defeat in June - Anime News Network - 1 views
Manga in/as Essay: Call for Submissions - 3 views
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Exploring the expressive potentials of manga, our first manga competition seeks original image sequences that play with the themes and ideas traditionally associated with the classical 'ox-herding' sequence. Creative and innovative manga will be rewarded with publication and prizes! Deadline: 31 October 2010
Comic Market: How the World's Biggest Amateur Comic Fair Shaped Japanese Dōji... - 0 views
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the world's largest regular gathering of comic fans today is Tokyo's biannual Comic Market
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dōjinshi phenomenon did not start with Comic Market, Comike and dōjinshi are inextricably linked, having shaped each other's history for three decades.
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Comike convention has shaped the most important trends defining the development of dōjinshi in Japan today
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