Mangasia
Subtitle: the definitive guide to Asian comics
By: Paul Gravett ; foreword by Park Chan-wook
Contributors: Pak, Ch'an-uk, 1963- writer of foreword
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Inc.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780500292433
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: History and criticism; Comic books, strips
Other titles: Definitive guide to Asian comics
Description: "An exhaustive and visually engaging account, Mangasia charts the evolution of manga from its roots in late nineteenth-century Japan through the many and varied forms of comics, cartoons and animation created throughout Asia for more than one hundred years. World authority on comic art Paul Gravett details the evolving meanings of the myths and legends told and retold by manga artists of every decade and reveals the development and cross pollination of ideas between manga artists throughout Asia. He explores the explosion of creativity in manga after the Second World War and highlights how creators have responded to political events since 1950 in the form of propaganda, criticism, and commentary in manga magazines, comics, and books. With infographics, maps, timelines, and reproductions from Japan, China, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, this book is the first to explain the significance of key themes, the meanings of embodied myths and the connections between various manga traditions."--
Notes: Includes index.

"Mangasia: The Definitive Guide to Asian Comics forms the basis of a major Barbican exhibition entitled: Mangasia: Wonderlands of Asian Comics, which is to tour worldwide from autumn 2017"--Back cover.

"This definitive volume features Asian comic books, compilations, anthologies, graphic novels and original artworks from the following countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, North Korea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam"--Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Mapping Mangasia; title: Fable and folklore; title: Recreating and revising the past; title: Stories and storytellers; title: Censorship and sensibility; title: Multimedia Mangasia.