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An accessible, entertaining and highly-illustrated introduction to the development and diversity of Japanese comics from 1945 to the present. More...


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1001 Comics  You Must Read Before You Die edited by Paul Gravett

Comics Art by Paul Gravett from Tate Publishing



Comics Unmasked by Paul Gravett and John Harris Dunning from The British Library



Featured Books


Manga:
60 Years Of
Japanese Comics

by Paul Gravett
& Peter Stanbury

Which Manga will you read next? Here are a dozen top recommendations:


Buddha
by Tezuka
(Vertical)
Life-changing enlightenment


Barefoot Gen
by Nakazawa
(Last Gasp)
Surviving Hiroshima


Lone Wolf and Cub
by Goseki & Kojima
(Dark Horse)
Samurai epic


Domu
by Otomo
(Dark Horse)
High-rise superpowers


Nausicaä
by Miyazak
(Viz)
Ecological fantasy


The Walking Man
by Taniguchi
(Ponent Mon)
Awakening to nature


Happy Mania
by Moyocco Anno
(TokyoPop)
Sex-crazy ‘chick-lit’


Gon
by Tanaka
(DC/Paradox)
The toughest baby dinosaur


Uzumaki
by Ito
(Viz)
Spiralling horrors


Club 9
by Kobayashi
(Dark Horse)
Antics of a bar hostess


GTO
by Fujisama
(TokyoPop)
Punk schoolteacher rules


Eagle
by Kawaguchi
(Viz)
‘West Wing’-style political thriller