Archive for May, 2011
Posted on May 31, 2011. Filed under: books, comics, Japan | Tags: Alan Cowsill, Art, Christchurch, Comic Book Alliance, comics, Honshu, Japan, Lew Stringer, manga, MCM Expo, Mike Allred, New Zealand, Spirit of Hope, Tim PIlcher |
The Comic Book Alliance has masterminded a fundraising anthology that’s worth having on its own merit, and supports a good cause. Order your copies now!
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Posted on May 25, 2011. Filed under: anime, Consuming, Japan, manga | Tags: animation, anime, Arts, BeruBara, Frederik L. Schodt, Japan, Japan Post, manga, Riyoko Ikeda, Rose of Versailles, Sanyusha, stamp collecting, Tokyo |
Riyoko Ikeda’s magnificent manga ‘Versailles no Bara’ is commemorated in a new stamp set from Japan Post.
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Posted on May 21, 2011. Filed under: anime, appearances, books, events, Japan, kamishibai, manga, pictures, workshops | Tags: anime, Arts, Charles Wirgman, Frank A. Nankivell, Frederik L. Schodt, Graphic novel, Ippei Okamoto, kamishibai, libraries, manga, Pimlico, Rakuten Kitazawa, Westminister, World War II |
Public libraries are fun, funky and free, and occasionally they invite speakers like me to talk about books and subjects we love!
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Posted on May 17, 2011. Filed under: anime, appearances, films, Japan | Tags: anime, Audio-visual, education, Hayao Miyazaki, mythology, Nausicaä, Princess Mononoke, Rosemary Sutcliff, Studio Ghibli, United States, University of Maryland College Park |
The University of Maryland invited me to lecture last month. Want to hear it? There’s a video link here.
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