Graphic Novels in Depth

摘要

Here series editors Bart H. Beaty (English, Univ. of Calgary; Frederic Wertham and the Critique of Mass Culture) and Stephen Weiner (director, Maynard Public Library, MA; Using Graphic Novels in the Classroom) focus on the Japanese graphic novel form known as manga. In a brief introduction, the editors succinctly describe how such titles are published and sold in Japan, and how this differs from the way it's consumed in Western countries (especially the United States). The majority of the book, rather than being either a dictionary of terms or a collection of reviews, is an encyclopedia of influential manga works, arranged alpha-betically by title. Each entry contains a publication history, a short biography of the title's creator(s), a detailed plot capsule, and a list of the story's characters.