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February 10, 2005


Worlds Coincide: Manga Meets Hip-Hop

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This extremely thorough article on comics that mix hip-hop culture and Japanese comics in a variety of ways is worth a read even if you find the subject generally disinteresting. As much as you may end up cringing at the production-light promotion-heavy nature of a couple of projects the article features, the writer draws out several astute observations, such as praise for the sharp eye of Santa Inoue, whose fourth English-language Tokyo Tribes volume I believe came out just this week.
 
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