Osamu Tezuka: The Mysterious Underground Men (Ten-cent Manga)

Osamu Tezuka: The Mysterious Underground Men (Ten-cent Manga)

The influence of Osamu Tezuka (1928â€“1989) on Japanese cartoons and animation is comparable only to a Walt Disney or an Art Spiegelman. Now, manga fans can finally enjoy the first full-color Tezuka work to be published in English. While Tezukaâ€™s New Treasure Island (1946â€“47) was the first major hit for the â€œgod of manga,â€ the artist himself regarded this later publication as the first of his signature â€œstory manga.â€ Originally published in Osaka in 1948, The Mysterious Underground Men tells the story of Mimio the talking rabbit, as he struggles to prove his humanity while helping his friends save Earth from an invasion of angry humanoid ants. Inspired by Bernhard Kellermannâ€™s Der Tunnel (1913), and drawing widely on European and American science fiction as well as Milt Grossâ€™ own pioneering graphic novel, He Done Her Wrong (1930), this full-color edition of The Mysterious Underground Men will not only introduce to English-language readers a founding father of modern Japanese comics, but will also offer a rare glimpse of the wide-ranging Western cultural sources that made up young Tezukaâ€™s world. This is the second volume in PictureBoxâ€™s Ten Cent Manga series, edited by Ryan Holmberg, which aims to explore that mysterious nether-realm where Japanese and American popular culture overlap.
Country USA
Brand Picturebox, Inc.
Manufacturer PictureBox
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 170 illustrations
ReleaseDate 2013-11-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781939799098

Country	USA
Brand	Picturebox, Inc.
Manufacturer	PictureBox
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	170 illustrations
ReleaseDate	2013-11-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781939799098

Osamu Tezuka: The Mysterious Underground Men (Ten-cent Manga)

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