Global Manga

'With respect to manga research, this volume appears groundbreaking in several regards. First of all, the suggestion to look beyond Japan challenges the alleged monopoly of Japanese studies in the matter in general and, in particular, the inclination of subsuming manga-esque graphic narratives under Japanese popular culture wholesale. Second, by engaging industry insiders and academia-based critics in an implicit dialogue on its pages, this volume indicates a timely direction for media studies. The inclusion of Southeast Asian and South American perspectives also deserves credit.' Jaqueline Berndt, Kyoto Seika University, Japan 'There's a whole planet of manga out there. Casey Brienza has gathered insightful experts, industry insiders and established and aspiring creatives to take us on a tour of how manga has been adopted and adapted around the world. Ranging from transnational million-sellers to self-published micro-editions, from Euromanga, Filipino comics or Brazil's Japanese diaspora to the Nouvelle Manga movement or Marvel's Mangaverse, from print to pixels, from successes to failures, this compendium charts the ongoing reinventions and redefinitions of manga in the twenty-first century with illuminating perception and thought-provoking panache.' Paul Gravett, author of Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics and editor of 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die