Forum - View topicManga Zombie
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Monsieur Pink
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Is anybody been reading ComiPress' Manga Zombie lately? I just discovered it yesterday and I was completely fascinated. Since I'm always looking for things that are sightly different than the norm I was quite intrigued by the premise and having now read most of the articles that are out I can fully recommend a look to anybody that wants to know more about the history of manga (covered in the preface) and gekiga (especially the later). So does it warrants a discussion, I'm up for it, how about you?
Ps: Here's the link, http://comipress.com/special/manga-zombie |
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Moomintroll
Posts: 1600 Location: Nottingham (UK) |
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I've been following Manga Zombie for a while now and eagerly look forward to new installments - it's fascinating stuff. And legally free to boot. How often does that happen?
I think the first three paragraphs of the preface to the Japanese edition should be enough for most people to decide whether or not they're going to enjoy Udagawa Takeo's writing:
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Monsieur Pink
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Yeah, it is likely that the majority of today's fan would be alienated by reading what the author as to say about their favorite manga, considering what's popular in the mainstream fandom. That's why I'm still pretty surprised that this kind of book is being translated at all and in the U.S. no less! I'd pay a lot to get a hardcover version of this.
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Moomintroll
Posts: 1600 Location: Nottingham (UK) |
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I think it's being translated as a labour of love but, I agree, I would certainly want to buy it if anybody ever decided to release it as a physical book. I'm not sure how big a market there would be for it but I'd hope the sort of people who buy Frederik L Schodt's stuff would buy this too so it could be viable from a small publisher.
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