Comic Art in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Latin America through 2000: An International Bibliography

by John Lent

Overview

This work is the most comprehensive bibliography of the comic art of these regions and all its dimensions. It contains 10,200 easy to use citations, organized by region, country, and identifying characteristics. This volume brings together both mainstream and fugitive materials relating to animation, caricature, comic books, political cartoons, and other types of animation.

This exhaustive bibliography contains special sections on continental and inter-country perspectives as well as a directory of comic related periodicals of the different regions. Featured among the 87 countries is Japan, whose manga and anime have an impact on how comics and animation are perceived and produced worldwide. This comprehensive and thoroughly researched bibliography will greatly advance the study of international comic art.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313312106
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/30/2004
Series:	Bibliographies and Indexes in Popular Culture , #11
Pages:	722
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

JOHN LENT has taught at various universities in the United States and was a visiting lecturer at Shanghai University. He is the founder and editor of The International Jourbanal of Comic Art.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Africa
Middle East
Asia
Australia and Oceania
Central and South America
Caribbean
Addendum
Index