When Manga Came to America: Super-Hero Revisionism in Mai, the Psychic Girl

by Julian Darius

Book Overview

The first manga widely available in English, MAI, THE PSYCHIC GIRL -- written by Kazuya Kudo, with art by Ryoichi Ikegami -- offered a near-perfect story for American readers: a realistic super-hero story, in line with revisionist American comics of the time (like WATCHMEN). In this short book, Dr. Julian Darius explores the comic, its depiction of super-powers, its relationship to revisionism, its depiction of female sexuality, and the various...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1940589037
• ISBN13: 9781940589039
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Sequart Research & Literacy Organization
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"