When Manga Came to America: Super-Hero Revisionism in Mai, the Psychic Girl

Author:   Julian Darius
Publisher:   Sequart Research & Literacy Organization
ISBN:  

9781940589039


Pages:   80
Publication Date:   06 June 2014
Format:   Paperback
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When Manga Came to America: Super-Hero Revisionism in Mai, the Psychic Girl


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The first manga widely available in English, MAI, THE PSYCHIC GIRL -- written by Kazuya Kudo, with art by Ryoichi Ikegami -- offered a near-perfect story for American readers: a realistic super-hero story, in line with revisionist American comics of the time (like WATCHMEN). In this short book, Dr. Julian Darius explores the comic, its depiction of super-powers, its relationship to revisionism, its depiction of female sexuality, and the various attempts to adapt the story as a motion picture. From Sequart Organization.

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Author:   Julian Darius
Publisher:   Sequart Research & Literacy Organization
Imprint:   Sequart Research & Literacy Organization
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.127kg
ISBN:  

9781940589039


ISBN 10:   1940589037
Pages:   80
Publication Date:   06 June 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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In 1996, while still an undergraduate, Dr. Julian Darius founded what would become Sequart Organization. After graduating magna cum laude from Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisconsin), he obtained his M.A. in English, authoring a thesis on John Milton and utopianism. In 2002, he moved to Waikiki, teaching college while obtaining an M.A. in French (high honors) and a Ph.D. in English. In 2011, he founded Martian Lit, which publishes creative work, including his comic book MARTIAN COMICS and his transgressive novel NIRA/SUSSA. He currently lives in Illinois.

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