By Sean Michael Wilson What happened to the Japanese love of nature? There is a common assumption that Japanese people love nature. In some ways that is clearly true, thankfully. However, in various important respects what happens in practice seems to go very much against that. In a world increasingly focused on sustainability and protection More…
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Sean Michael Wilson on Comics & Graphic Novels
The History of Comics and the Graphic Novel What are comic books (manga) and graphic novels? They are the combination of images and text. Essentially that’s it. What, on theoretical grounds, would place an age or sophistication limit on something that combines image and text? Are, for example, road signs – which are normally a More…