Essays

Below is a selection of essays available to read online, purchase, or download. For a full list of my academic essays, topical articles, reviews, and published interviews, please see my CV.

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The Name Garo: Shirato Sanpei and the Indo-Manga Connection

The Comics Journal (October 2013)  
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Indie India: An Interview with Kailash Iyer

The Comics Journal (September 2013)  
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Leaping Windows Comics Café and the Indo-Manga Connection

The Comics Journal (August 2013)  
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Comix India and the Indo-Manga Connection: An Interview with Bharath Murthy

The Comics Journal (April 2013)  
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Filipino Komiks and Japanese Sex Tourism

The Comics Journal (March 2013)  
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Osamu Tezuka and the First Story Manga

Osamu Tezuka, The Mysterious Underground Men (PictureBox, 2013)   Download  
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Momoko and Manga: Seiichi Hayashi’s Maternal Roots

Seiichi Hayashi, Gold Pollen and Other Stories (PictureBox, 2013)  

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Shigeru Sugiura and His Mohicans

Shigeru Sugiura, The Last of the Mohicans (PictureBox, 2013)  

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Manga Shōnen: Katō Ken’ichi and the Manga Boys

Mechademia vol. 8 (2013)  

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Tezuka Osamu Outwits the Phantom Blot: New Treasure Island

The Comics Journal (February 2013)  
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Manga Finds Pirate Gold: The Case of New Treasure Island

The Comics Journal (October 2012)  
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Tezuka Osamu and American Comics

The Comics Journal (July 2012)  
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Sugiura Shigeru’s Sense of Humor

The Comics Journal (June 2012)  
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Tezuka Osamu & the Rectification of Mickey

The Comics Journal (May 2012)  
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Introduction to Akahon Manga

The Comics Journal (January 2012)  
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Emonogatari in the Age of Comics, 1948-1957

The Comics Journal (November 2011)  
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Manga 3.11: The Tsunami and the Japanese Publishing Industry

The Comics Journal (August 2011)  
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Tatsumi Yoshihiro’s Black Rainbow

The Comics Journal (July 2011)  
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Saitō Takao and the Gekiga Factory

The Comics Journal (May 2011)  
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An Introduction to Gekiga, A.D. 6970

The Comics Journal (March 2011)  
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Charting the Beginnings: What was Alternative Manga?

The Comics Journal (March 2011)  
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The Manga of Garo, 1964-1973

Orientations 41:4 (May 2010)  

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The Snake and the Duck: Huang Yong Ping

Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art 8:5 (September/October 2009)   Download  
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Hear No, Speak No: Sasaki Maki Manga and Nansensu, circa 1970

Japan Forum 21:1 (March 2009)  

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The Pseudography of Hidai Nankoku

Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2008)  

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For your words, I shall rip out your tongue: Shirato Sanpei and the Talking Head of Manga

International Journal of Comic Art 8:1 (Spring/Summer 2006)  

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