Manga: 60 Years Of Japanese Comics back

Anyone who's read one of Paul's pieces either there on in the COMICS JOURNAL will already know that The Man At The Crossroads is eloquent, erudite and fully informed about the social and cultural background from which his subjects spring. So as well as being an authorative and lavishly illustrated account of the development of Japanese comics from the 1940s to the present, themes include: "the specific attributes of manga in relation to American and European comics; the life and career of Osamu Tezuka, creator of ASTRO BOY and originator of story manga; boys' comics from the 1960s to the present; the genre of girls' and women's comics; the darker, more realistic themes of gekiga - violent samurai, disturbing horror, and apocalyptic science fiction; issues of censorship and protest; and manga's role as a major Japanese expert and global influence."

School librarians, please note: nudity and sex! (That's a warning, not an exhortation.)