Wednesday, June 30, 2004  
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:: Posted by max @ 6/30/2004 04:59:00 PM
Co:Calgary Herald

Canadian teenagers take up manga comics craze



Not content just to follow the adventures of their favourite futuristic Japanese cartoon heroes, Canadian teenagers are switching into action mode and propelling books about how to draw "manga" comics into some of the hottest-selling items of summer. The imported comics once available only through niche shops, such as Montreal's Cosmix or Victoria's Curious Comics, have gone mainstream. Legions of manga-philes calling themselves "otaku," the Japanese term for "fan," are snapping up such titles as Manga Mania Fantasy World and How to Draw the Dastardly Characters of Japanese Comics. Girls, especially, are driving the pop culture phenomenon in Canada, according to Barry Lyga, marketing communications manager for Maryland-based Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.



"Young girls who traditionally don't read standard western comics we find are very interested in Japanese comics and in the entire culture," said Lyga. "One of the ways that's reflected is they're becoming active participants. They want to create their own characters."-->>



Co:the National Post

Comic-book relief

Film review: SPIDER-MAN 2

Director Sam Raimi nailed the adolescent angst in the story, right up to his sly jokes about a shirtless teenage boy who spurts gobs of sticky white fluid out of his clenched fists. But where was the rock-em sock-em? Where was the ka-pow? When Spidey finally faced off with Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin, we got long scenes of speechmaking between two guys wearing masks. The choice to put Dafoe in a helmet was especially baffling, given that -- let's face it -- he's only a light dusting of emerald cover-up away from being a dead ringer for the Goblin.-->>



Co:The Globe and Mail

Your friendly neighbourhood animator

Are your Spidey senses tingling, yet? The original sixties series by Ralph Bakshi is coming out on DVD. CHRIS LACKNER met up with the man who produced it and other cult favourites



Not many people can say that Spider-Man cost them their girlfriend and their drug dealer, but Ralph Bakshi is not an ordinary man. Bakshi is the controversial animator behind the cult film Fritz the Cat, as well as the widely panned 1978 cartoon adaptation of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. But long before the 65-year-old garnered both praise and condemnation for his feature films, Bakshi was the executive producer of the original Spider-Man cartoon series. From 1968 to 1970, he brought to life the famous webslinger's battles with villains such as the Green Goblin and the Scorpion.-->>





Co:The Globe and Mail

from SOCIAL STUDIES



Shonin and shojo. "Move over, men in tights. Japanese manga graphic novels . . . are edging out American superhero comics among many teen readers, especially young girls," writes Sheba Wheeler in The Denver Post. She notes that shonin is a sub-category of manga that appeals to young boys, with its use of action and humour, while the shojo subgenre is written primarily by women and showcases ordinary girls as heroines. Shojo has been one of the top sellers, "capturing the elusive female readership some American comic-book creators have disenfranchised." -->>



   
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