Here, in its entirety, is a letter of support sent by the National Coalition Against Censorship, American Booksellers Foundation For Free Expression and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund to the Seattle area library system for their response to a recent challenge of Hero Heel 2 (Digital Manga Publishing).Hero Heel Letter KCLS 10.18and here is the Amazon product description for the book which was published in 2008. "Minami confessed his feelings to Sawada, and they spent a single night together. But now, Sawada is brutally rejecting Minami! Minami is trying to forget him, while his fellow actor Katagiri pursues him relentlessly. And...
The Comic Book as Seedbed: Manga Farming by Koshi Kawach
Wow! Look at the life emanating from these comic books. The project, called Manga Farming, is brought to us by Tokyo-based artist Koshi Kawach. The installation appeared at the Matsuzakaya department store in Nagoya in 2010.Kawach infuses each comic book with the seeds of Radish sprout, then with a little water and some sun whammo... In her review of the work, Simone Preuss points out that:The idea opens up a whole new range of possibilities for book recycling and indoor farming. Paper is potentially a wonderful fertilizer and planting ground, and according to an USDA study, pulp and paper waste recycling...
A Library for Astro Boy and Cultural Cat Girl
Japanese androids Astro Boy and All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku will find a home in the stacks, along with Totoro, Pikachu, and many other famous graphic novel characters, upon completion of the proposed Tokyo International Manga Library at Meiji University. Slated to open in 2015, the huge library and archive is expected to house two million graphic novels, animation cels, illustrations, video games, and cartoon artifacts. Library spokesman Susumi Shibao sees the collection as the first "solid archive for serious study"of the Japanese art forms of anime and manga. Shibao hopes to help scholars worldwide publish academic research...