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Disaster and distance

Posted by Roland Kelts on April 10th, 2011 at 8:07 PM

Hokusai, 1833

Hokusai’s “Great Wave off Kanagawa,” 1833

I was in Oregon when the quake and wave first struck Japan last month. More specifically, I was in a little comfort food eatery called Belly in downtown Eugene, sipping a martini.

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The Co(s)mic Race: Blackface in Comics South of the Border (Part 1)

Posted by Jesse Tangen-Mills on February 17th, 2011 at 7:15 AM

When talking about his character Ebony White, Will Eisner – creator of The Spirit – claimed he used racial stereotypes, but didn´t exploit them. It´s a strange distinction to make – and may even border on circular reasoning -, but …

Anime/Manga Porn Battle Heats Up in Japan

Posted by Roland Kelts on January 20th, 2011 at 6:02 PM

The battle in Japan over pornography censorship Bill 156 is intensifying. Last month, media companies Kadokawa Group Publishing and Animate jointly announced they would take their wares away from Gov. Ishihara’s Tokyo Anime Fair and host their own simultaneous event, “The Anime Contents Expo.” Several other major publishers and producers are joining them.

Cool Japan chilled: Censorship rules Japan

Posted by Roland Kelts on December 15th, 2010 at 7:10 AM

Any of you remember the ‘Comics Code’ in America, effectively shutting down the most creative comics artists in the US in the 1950s, as aptly recorded by David Hadju in The Ten Cent Plague? For the sake of all of us, let’s hope it doesn’t happen in Japan.