University of Oregon Department of Comparative Literature’s Andréa Gilroy, Director of Comic Studies, explains the fascinating art history of Japanese comics or Manga. Gilroy presents an in-depth study of the comic essentials and the theory of the genre, including: cultural traditions and gender norms, popular Japanese cartoon art and style, and narrative structures, and she highlights key mangaka (“Manga Artists”), such as Osamu Tezuka, the “God of Manga.”
For more on this topic, see:
- Andréa Gilroy, Director of Comic Studies at UO
- Comics and Cartoon Studies at the UO
- Manga Entry, Wikipedia
- Scott McCloud’s website featuring Understanding Comics (1993)
- Osamu Tezuka entry, Wikipedia
- UO’s Department of Comparative Literature
- UO’s Asian Studies program
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