<DIV><p>This landmark book, first published at the height of the manga boom, is offered in a hardcover collector's edition with a new foreword and afterword. Frederik L. Schodt looks at the classic publications and artists who created modern manga, including the magazines <I>Big Comics</I> and <I>Morning</I>, and artists like Suehiro Maruo and Shigeru Mizuki; an entire chapter is devoted to Osamu Tezuka. The new afterword shows how manga have evolved in the past decade to transform global visual culture.</p><p><B>Frederik L. Schodt</B>, based in San Francisco, is fluent in Japanese and author of many works about Japan.</p><BR></DIV>