Tag Archives: comics

Book Announcement: Queer Transfigurations: Boys Love Media in Asia

Posted on August 28, 2022 by Paula

Queer Transfigurations: Boys Love Media in Asia Edited by James Welker The boys love (BL) genre was created for girls and women by young female manga (comic) artists in early 1970s Japan to challenge oppressive gender and sexual norms. Over … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Manga, Comics and Japan: Area Studies as Media Studies

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Paula

In 2018 Sweden and Japan celebrate 150 years of diplomatic relations. This occasion provides an excellent opportunity to reconceptualize the study of Japanese culture in a way which meets the requirements of an increasingly networked and digitalized world. Our conference … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Teaching Anime and Manga

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Paula

Teaching Anime and Manga Northeast Modern Language Association convention This session proposes to look at what has been a persistent but under-represented section of comics studies: manga (Japanese comics), and associated with it, anime (Japanese animation). Access to anime and manga … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Franco-Asian Connections and Intersections through Popular Culture

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Paula

Date: September 30, 2015 Asian pop music, comics, drama, film, graphic novels; these cultural products are increasingly present transnationally signaling new currents of popular culture and underscoring the interconnected nature of our globalizing world. Within the pan-Asian context, the concepts … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: The 47 Bronin

Posted on February 14, 2014 by LM

Jamie Noguchi of the webcomic Yellow Peril has created one of the best webcomic fillers I’ve ever seen: the tale of the 47 “bronin,” or the classic tale of Lord Asano’s ronin exacting revenge on Lord Kira– but with bros, fistbumps, and dropping … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Hayashi Seiichi, “Gold Pollen and Other Stories”

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Paula

Hayashi Seiichi, “Gold Pollen and Other Stories” (PictureBox, 2013) Printed in color, it is a collection of Hayashi’s manga work from the late 60s and early 70s, including some of his most famous work for the legendary monthly Garo, including … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: publication projects on the subject of manga for girls/women

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Paula

In attempting to analyze the discursive aspects of shôjo or josei bunka (cultures created by and for girls/women) in contemporary Japan, we initially should reconfirm that shôjo manga have generally been regarded as a central force in the “discovery ” … Continue reading →

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Call for Entries: International Manga Competition, asiascape (LeidenUniv)

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Paula

Deadline Date: 2013-03-31 Asiascape (Leiden University) welcomes entries for its second international manga competition. Contributions should take the form of a graphic essay; they should interrogate the theme of First Contact, be this between humans and aliens, self and other, … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Alex Mitchell’s Sengoku Avengers

Posted on October 12, 2012 by LM

As seen on The Mary Sue: Project: Rooftop, a superhero costume-redesign tribute site, featured artist Alex Mitchell’s redesign of the Avengers as heroes of the Sengoku/Warring States Period (15-16th c.) on today’s fun link. Mitchell explains, I was wanting to … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Japanese Anime and Manga, Instructor (part time)

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Paula

Institution: IES Abroad Tokyo Center Location: Japan Position: Instructor, Non-Tenure Track Faculty, part-time, Japanese Anime & Manga The IES Abroad Tokyo Center seeks a qualified instructor for Anthropology 343 “Japanese Manga & Animation,” for the fall (September … Continue reading →

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