Dreamland Japan
Subtitle: writings on modern manga
By: Frederik L. Schodt.
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
Subjects: Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan -- History and criticism
Other titles: Japanese comics for otaku.
Description: Explains the different categories of manga, popular titles and publishers. Features more than 22 artists including Hinako Sugiura, king Terry (Teruhiko Yumura), Shingo Iguchi ( the creator of Z-Chan), and Fujiko F. Fujio (creator of the Doraemon, a series with 44 volumes which have sold 100 million copies). One chapter is devoted to the "father" of all the cartoonists, Osamu Tezuka.
Notes: "This 3rd printing includes updates as of 2002 for sources and contacts in the Appendix: Manga in English"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-356) and index.