Illustrating Asia: Comics, Humor Magazines, and Picture Books

by John A. Lent

Illustrations used for story-telling and mirth-making have enlivened Asian walls, scrolls, books, public and private places, and artifacts for millennia. Often playful and humorous, Asian pictorial stories lent conspicuous elements to contemporary comic art, particularly with their use of narrative nuance, humor, satire, and dialogue.

Illustrating Asia is a fascinating book on a subject that is of wide and topical interest. All of the articles...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824824717
• ISBN13: 9780824824716
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 11.3"