Introduction to Manga
UNIT TWO: READING MANGA
WEEK 6: Line, Interval, Layout
October 11
In the course pack:
—Tim INGOLD, “How the Line Became Straight,” from Lines: A Brief History, Chapter 6, pp. 152-169.
—ÔTSUKA Eiji, “Disarming Atom: Tezuka Osamu’s Manga at War and Peace,” Mechademia 3: The Limits of the Human (2008): 111-125.
Cyber & Mecha manga excerpts:
Download Otomo Katsuhiro’s “Fire-ball”: Fire-ball.PDF
Read Book 1 of MASAMUNE Shirow’s Appleseed online at MangaHere:
http://www.mangahere.com/author/SHIROW%20Masamune
October 13
In the course pack:
—Scott McCloud, “Blood in the Gutter,” Understanding Comics, chapter 3, pp. 60-93.
—Natsume Fusanosuke, “Pictotexts and Panels,” Comics Worlds and Worlds of Comics (International Manga Research Center, Kyoto Seika University, 2010), pp. 37-51.
Shôjo manga excerpts:
Read Volume 1, Part 1 of HAGIO Moto’s Poe no ichizoku online at MangaHere:
http://www.mangahere.com/author/HAGIO%20Moto
Read Volume 1, Part 1 of AOIKE Yasuko’s Eroica online at MangaHere:
http://www.mangahere.com/manga/eroica_yori_ai_wo_komete/
Read Volume 1, Part 1 of IKEDA Riyoko’s The Rose of Versailles online at MangaFox:
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/rose_of_versailles/
