comics
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Cartoonist Mizuki, known for ‘GeGeGe no Kitaro’ comic, dies at 93
December 3, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
TOKYO — Cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki, well known for his “GeGeGe no Kitaro” comic series depicting spirits and monsters in Japanese folklore called yokai, died Nov. 30 of multiple organ failure […] READ MORE
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Buying American, Japan bashing in the post-industrial
January 20, 2012 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
UPDATE: It appears I was mistaken, and this was all just a clever ruse. I rescind my offer and reactionary knee jerk reaction. What? Something wrong happened on the Internet? Well […] READ MORE
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Love and marriage
August 5, 2011 by Nichi Bei News
SCENES FROM AN IMPENDING MARRIAGE By Adrian Tomine (Montréal, Canada: Drawn & Quarterly, 2011, 56 pp., $9.95, hard cover) There are several things about Adrian Tomine’s “Scenes from an Impending […] READ MORE
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Larry Hama and the making of a ‘real American hero’
July 29, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
Every so often, a Hollywood movie studio makes plans to bring a popular property — be it a comic book, toy or TV series — to the big screen. Fans […] READ MORE
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JASON SHIGA: Interview with a Crazy Genius
July 15, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
“Crazy + Genuis = Shiga,” wrote Scott McCloud, considered by many to be the foremost authority on comics. Indeed, one would be hard pressed to argue that those two words […] READ MORE
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