Japanese Manga in the US

Manga, the popular Japanese comic art form has transformed the look of the comic sections at local book stores across the country. Some people say the artwork is too stylized, too mechanical and too industrial, but its fans are growing and passionate. We're going to look at the roots of Manga, how it developed in Japan, and how it now fits into American comic culture. We're also going to explore Asian-American graphic novels, and see why they're finally making their way onto the library shelves across the country. Our guests include David Berona, the Library Director at Plymouth State University which is putting on a show of Japanese Manga at the Lamson Library beginning September 5th, and Laura Braunstein, the English Language and Literature Librarian at Dartmouth, and the curator of the exhibit From Choju Giga to Manga and Beyond: Sequential Art and Asian Culture which traces the roots of Asian art to Asian-American art.