“("Collection of Discourses on Modern Manga" published by Seirindo - all text, no illustrations) individually analyzing works of the mid-Showa mangaka (Shirato Sanpei, Mizuki Shigeru, Ishimori Shotaro, Tsuge Yoshiharu, et al) is a must to have. Chock full of anecdotes, written by four different authors. “
Authors:
Ishiko Junzou / 石子順造
Kaiji Jun / 梶井純
Kikuchi Asajirou / 菊地浅次郎 (山根貞男)
Gondou Susumu / 権藤晋
Artists discussed:
Tezuka Osamu / 手塚治虫
Shirato Sanpei / 白土三平
Ishinomori Shotaro (Ishimori Shotaro) / 石ノ森章太郎
Mizuki Shigeru / 水木 しげる
Tsuge Yoshiharu / つげ義春
Saito Takao / さいとうたかを
Nagashima Shinji / 永島慎二
HIRATA Hiroshi / 平田弘史
TAKITA Yuu / 滝田ゆう
Tanaka Teruo 棚下照生 (たなか てるお)
HAYASHI Seiichi / 林静一
Tsuge Tadao / つげ忠男
Sasaki Maki / 佐々木マキ
and then some essays:
Discussion on the state of affairs, Kid's Manga The Collapse and Transformation of Idealism
Gekiga The Hell of Post War Democracy
Nonsense Manga, Why did Manga move towards nonsense
Ero-guro manga, the desires that lurk in savagery
Extra: history of post war manga by year
Author(s): 石子順造,梶井純,菊地浅次郎,権藤晋
Publisher: 青林堂
Year: 1969
Language: Japanese
Pages: 288
Tags: manga;nonfiction;essay
Tezuka Osamu / 手塚治虫......Page 9
Shirato Sanpei / 白土三平......Page 29
Ishinomori Shotaro / 石ノ森章太郎......Page 41
Mizuki Shigeru / 水木 しげる......Page 63
Tsuge Yoshiharu / つげ義春......Page 83
Saito Takao / さいとうたかを......Page 99
Nagashima Shinji / 永島慎二......Page 113
HIRATA Hiroshi / 平田弘史......Page 131
TAKITA Yuu / 滝田ゆう......Page 147
Tanaka Teruo 棚下照生 (たなか てるお)......Page 159
HAYASHI Seiichi / 林静一......Page 177
Tsuge Tadao / つげ忠男......Page 189
Sasaki Maki / 佐々木マキ......Page 207
Discussion on the state of affairs, Kid's Manga The Collapse and Transformation of Idealism......Page 221
Gekiga The Hell of Post War Democracy......Page 233
Nonsense Manga, Why did Manga move towards nonsense......Page 245
Ero-guro manga, the desires that lurk in savagery......Page 257
Extra: history of post war manga by year......Page 267
Afterword......Page 277
Afterword (Reprint, somewhat different midway through)......Page 281
