When Manga Came to America: Super-Hero Revisionism in Mai, the Psychic Girl

by Julian Darius

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The first manga widely available in English, MAI, THE PSYCHIC GIRL -- written by Kazuya Kudo, with art by Ryoichi Ikegami -- offered a near-perfect story for American readers: a realistic super-hero story, in line with revisionist American comics of the time (like WATCHMEN). In this short book, Dr. Julian Darius explores the comic, its depiction of super-powers, its relationship to revisionism, its depiction of female sexuality, and the various...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1940589037

ISBN13:9781940589039

Release Date:June 2014

Publisher:Sequart Research & Literacy Organization

Length:80 Pages

Weight:0.28 lbs.

Dimensions:0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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