Manga of 1966 - Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan, Sally the Witch, Star of the Giants, Honey Honey No Suteki Na Bouken (Paperback)

Chapters: Bat-Manga : the Secret History of Batman in Japan, Sally the Witch, Star of the Giants, Honey Honey No Suteki Na Bouken, Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bat-Manga : The Secret History of Batman in Japan is a 2008 book published by Pantheon Books, subsidiary of Random House, in the United States. The book was designed by Chip Kidd with the assistance of photographer Geoff Spear. It collects a Japanese shnen manga adaptation of the American comic book series Batman by Jiro Kuwata simply entitled Batman Battoman) and also includes photographs of vintage Batman toys from Japan. The Batman manga included in Bat-Manga was created during a Batman craze in Japan, being serialized from April 1966 to May 1967, the series ended when the craze ended. The manga was released in paperback and at the same time a limited hadcover was released in October 28, 2008, with an additional manhua bootleg and an extra Batman story by the creator. The book got generally positive reviews, with Deb Aoki of About.com rating it with 4 stars. It was made an issue that Chip Kidd got all the credit for Bat-Manga instead of Jiro Kuwata, however Chip Kidd stated that the book is about the phenomena of Batman in Japan rather than just the manga itself. In 1966, Batman manga was created during the Batman craze in Japan, when the hit US TV series came to Japanese television audiences. The shnen magazine Shnen King and its publisher Shnen Gahsha licensed the rights to make their own Batman stories, with Batman's original publisher, DC Comics full consent. In 1967, the stories stopped and were never compiled into volume format. David Mazzuchelli, creator of Batman: Year One, became aware of "Batman" manga's existence when he went to Japan for...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2094605