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“Its hip to be square” – Katherine checks out trans-continental manga

13. March 2008

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YSquare Written and illustrated by Judith Park, Published by Yen Press If Japanese comics are called “manga”, and Korean comics are called “manwha”, and comics drawn in a manga-like style but written in English are called “OEL (original English language) manga”, then YSquare must be the first example I’ve come across of “OGL manwha” – [...]

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Gary Gygax RIP

6. March 2008

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In the wake of the sad news that E. Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, has died, I wanted to say a few words. Every Friday evening, I go to a friend’s house for a session of Dungeons & Dragons. I’ve been doing this, off and on, since 2000, which means I started gaming [...]

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Your guide to the world of manga – Katherine talks to Jason Thompson

22. February 2008

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Manga can be a little intimidating for the newcomer. For one thing, the Japanese have a culture that had almost no contact with the West until the late 19th century, and developed along its own unique lines in ways that can look very odd to outsiders. For another, most manga’s printed right-to-left, which is an [...]

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Even the French are at it

12. February 2008

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It’s no coincidence that the two cultures I’m most likely to be starry-eyed about – the French and the Japanese – are the two cultures with the biggest comics industries and the best history of taking comics seriously. So it was a bit disheartening when yesterday I wandered into Dublin’s Francophone library, picked up the [...]

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