Sunday 17 January 2010

Historical Manga



Do read Michele Mason's excellent essay on Kono Fumiyo's Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms and Nishioka Yuka's A Summer's Afterimage, two works from a new generation of anti-war and politically engaged manga artists dealing with the legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Nishioka's work deals with the Korean history of the tragedy in Nagasaki.

2 comments:

  1. Another opportunity to thank you for that recommendation - I have since read Town of Evening Calm and it is quite exquisite.

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  2. You're welcome, Giovanni. I'm glad too that I read Mason's article before encountering the manga - it's so good to encounter writing which manages to stir up all sorts of issues in your mind as you encounter a work.

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