Manga

Japan's output of manga is massive, accounting for a staggering forty percent of everything published each year in the country.Outside Japan, there has been a global boom in sales, with the manga aesthetic spreading from comics into all areas of Western youth culture through film, computer games, advertising, and design.

Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics presents an accessible, entertaining, and highly-illustrated introduction to the development and diversity of Japanese comics from 1945 to the present. Featuring striking graphics and extracts from a wide range of manga, the book covers such themes as the specific attributes of manga in contrast 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 genres and genders 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 export and global influence.

保罗·格拉维特（Paul Gravett）是一位自由记者、策展人、演讲者和电台主持人，30 多年来致力于漫画的出版和推广。他策划了许多漫画艺术展，比如在昂古莱姆的法国国家漫画中心举办的“英国漫画史”展览，以及每年在伦敦当代艺术学院举行的漫画节等。他为众多知名报刊撰写漫画稿件，如：《卫报》《蓝图杂志》《漫画期刊》《国际漫画》《惶惑》等。