24 No.2
 
Vol. 24, No. 2, 2022
521pages / 35Articles

Symposium: The Rise of Can-ga edited by Chris Reyns-Chikuma

John A. Lent

Editor’s Notes

Chris Reyns-Chikuma

Introduction: Canada + Manga = Canga?

Jean Sébastien

18

Quebec Welcomes Manga or Towards a New Thread in the Imagined Community

Sylvain Rheault

33

The Ways in Which Manga Enters Canada

Zachary Winchcombe

45 

“Discovering” Gekiga: Drawn and Quarterly, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, and Manga in Canada 

Ryan Clement

65

Is “Can-ga” the Next Scott Pilgrim? How Canada Can Draw on Japanese Manga and Its Own Diverse Communities to Celebrate and Promote Its Own Comic Creators

Tsugumi (Mimi) Okabe

84

Reading Jane Austen in Canadian Shōjo Manga: Risks and Rewards

Fabrice Leroy

95 The Algerian War Through the Noir Lens in Jacques Ferrandez and Maurice Attia’s Alger la noire

Roman Rosenbaum

115

The Representation of the U.S.-Japan Alliance in Manga

Joseph “Rusty” Witek

162

Choices and Chances: Getting to Be a Comics Scholar

Sara W. Duke

179

Drawing the Dust Bowl: An Interview with Aimee de Jongh

Roger Sabin

187

Working with the “Friendliest Gang in Academia” 

Oleg Dergachov

201

“To Say Out Loud Everything You Think About and Everything Around You” --The Views of Russia’s Viktor Bogorad

Oleg Dergachov

212

A Defiant Chronicler of War in Ukraine: Vladimir Kazanevsky

Wang Jing Translated by Xu Ying

222

My Friend and Muse, Li Binsheng: Master Cartoonist, Peking Opera Performer, Magician, and Folklorist

Mike Rhode

231

Brilliant Color-Blind Colorist: Haitian Cartoonist Thony Loui 

Amanda Kennell

246

Satoshi Kon’s Opus through His Anime

Kinko Ito

268

Gengoroh Tagame: An Award-winning, Openly-Gay, Erotic, Manga Artist Portrays Gay Life and Issues for the General Audience

Mark David Nevins

281 

The “Art” of the Swipe (Or: Revenge of the Fanboys)

Mike Rhode

307

The Occasionally Fabulous Cartooning Life of Eric Orner

Ian Gordon

330

Martin Barker (1946-2022)

Jonathan Gray

334

Big Name B: With Thanks to and in Memory of Martin Barker

Mackenzi McGowan

337

Quixotic “Adaptations”: 21st Century Illustrative and Written Tributes of Don Quijote

Y. S. Seo and Austin Kang

356

Effects of Service Quality Characteristics of “Lore Olympus” on User Satisfaction and Reuse Intention of Generation Z in Korea

Delázkar Rizo

376

Irreverence Images. Everyday Rebellion in Paul Kirchner’s and Gary Larson’s Cartoons

Jason D. DeHart

388

Namor: The Dynamics of Outsider and Insider

Dietrich Grünewald Translated by Abigail Fagan

395

Abstract Comics A Challenge to the Audiences’ Imaginative Capacities

Xu Ying

414

Chinese Comic Artist Cai Weidong

Pritesh Chakraborty

424

A Comparative Analysis of the Representation of Violence in Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth and Selected Batman Comics

Georgina González Mendívil

439

Pompeyo the Villain and Couples’ Interactions

John A. Lent

446

New Book Series and Reprints

Mike Rhode

449

Randy Scott Retires from Michigan State University Library’s Comic Art Collection

Rik Spanjers

451

A Colonial Perspective on the Indonesia-Netherlands Comics Connection

Lara Saguisag

459

Mystery, Magic, and Love in Manila: A Review of Three Graphic Novels from the Philippines

Paul Levitz
John A. Lent
Sam Cowling
Elke Defever
Chris York
Xu Ying
James Willetts
Christopher M. Roman
Cord A. Scott Viola Burlew John A. Lent

501 

Book Reviews

Mark McKinney

501 

A Funereal Exhibition

Clio Ding

514 

An Exhibition Review

Domingos Isabelinho

521

A Challenge