God of comics
Subtitle: Osamu Tezuka and the creation of post World War II manga
By: Natsu Onoda Power.
Series: Great comics artists series
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jackson [Miss.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9781604732207; 9781604732214
Subjects: Tezuka, Osamu, -- 1928-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation; Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of illustrations; title: Notes on Japanese names, titles, and reading order; title: Acknowledgments; title: Ch. 1. Introduction and some definitions; title: Ch. 2. Tezuka in history/History in Tezuka; title: Ch. 3. Movie in a book; title: Ch. 4. Stars and jokes; title: Ch. 5. Communities and competitions; title: Ch. 6. Sapphire and other heroines; title: Ch. 7. Tormenting affairs with animation; title: Ch. 8. Low humor/high drama, the two faces of adult comics; title: Ch. 9. God of comics, master of quotations; title: Epilogue; title: Bibliography; title: Index.