Quarantined Comics
a comic-book book-club discussing (some of) the medium's great works.
We found 4 episodes of Quarantined Comics with the tag “manga”.
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THE DRIFTING CLASSROOM... let's call it an unconventional education
April 23rd, 2022 | Season 4 | 35 mins 40 secs
comics, drifting classroom, graphic novels, horror, manga
This week, we go back to school and get educated about Kazuo Umezu's seminal horror manga The Drifting Classroom. Though published in the 70s, it continues to exert its tremendous influence on modern horror creators, including Junji Ito.
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VAGABOND VOLS. 1-3 ...I wanna be the very best / To stab them is my real test.
January 23rd, 2022 | Season 4 | 38 mins 41 secs
manga, takehiko inoue, vagabond
Vagabond is a manga epic that follows the life story of the real-life warrior/philosopher Miyamoto Musashi. This week, in an episode dedicated to Ryan's late cousin Sam, we'll review the first three episodes.
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AYAKO... family troubles in post WWII Japan
April 26th, 2021 | Season 2 | 34 mins 13 secs
comics, graphic novels, manga
Osamu Tezuka is known as the godfather of manga, particularly for his children's' comics like Astro Boy and Princess Knight. But his work for adults is among his most complicated and intriguing and in this week's episode, we'll look at Ayako, a complicated and politically-charged family epic set in post WWII Japan.
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SATOSHI KON'S OPUS... are you reading a comic? are you in a comic? are you listening to a podcast?
February 6th, 2021 | Season 2 | 32 mins 52 secs
manga, opus, satoshi kon
When manga artist Chikara gets pulled into his own work... it's quite literal. Soon, he finds himself entangled in the adventures of the characters he created, many of whom are not thrilled to learn they're fictional.