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God of comics : Osamu Tezuka and the creation of post-World War II manga /

Power, Natsu Onoda.

God of comics : Osamu Tezuka and the creation of post-World War II manga / Natsu Onoda Power. - Jackson [Miss.] : University Press of Mississippi, c2009. - xvi, 202 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Great comics artists series . - Great comics artists. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-194) and index.

List of illustrations -- Notes on Japanese names, titles, and reading order -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction and some definitions -- Tezuka in history/History in Tezuka -- Movie in a book -- Stars and jokes -- Communities and competitions -- Sapphire and other heroines -- Tormenting affairs with animation -- Low humor/high drama, the two faces of adult comics -- God of comics, master of quotations -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.

9781604732207 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781604732214 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2008046691

GBA948025 bnb

015181798 Uk


Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989 --Criticism and interpretation.


Comic books, strips, etc.--History and criticism.--Japan

NC1709.T48 / P69 2009

741.5/952

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