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"I also loved the sense of "otherness" achieved by manga artists. Their heroes, heroines, and, frequently, their villains have an idealized, mask-like, androgynous beauty - much like elves.... I still find it mysterious and compelling."

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ST: When did you discover manga and what did you like the best about the Japanese style of comic books? WP: What did I like best? I loved the tension created when what looked like sugary cuteness came up against horrible, brute violence. It was such an extreme dynamic. Nothing was safe. Cuteness didn't mean a character would survive. And the violence was portrayed so honestly and unsparingly. As a young, western woman with a decidedly Yang streak, reared on Disney, I felt utterly liberated by it all. I also loved the sense of "otherness" achieved by manga artists. Their heroes, heroines, and, frequently, their villains have an idealized, mask-like, androgynous beauty - much like elves. Almost all manga artists, men and women, have a strong feminine sensibility in their work. It shows up in their eloquent use of line. Entertainment laced with sexual ambiguity goes way, way back in oriental culture. I still find it mysterious and compelling. RP: I think Wendy was lucky in this respect that she grew up on the West Coast, where there was even a chance to find the rare manga comic book. They were unheard of on the East Coast, where I grew up, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. If it hadn't been for Wendy's introducing them to me, I probably wouldn't have known about them at all until much later. ST: Which manga were your favorites and how did those compare to your other comic book experiences? WP: Well, I've never had what you could call a collector's mentality. Something intrigues me and I just absorb it - don't generally go after repeated fixes of the same thing. But Kamui Gai Den was a favorite. Also Candy Candy and random romance mangas whose titles I didn't know. Except for the generosity of fellow fans and collectors like Fred Patten, I could find few manga back in the late '60s/early '70s - not like lucky Americans, today, who have ready access to so many series translated into English. Often, I'd discover a manga series from viewing anime based on that mate…
June 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Get your hands on a copy of Mikaël's HARLEM...or else. #harlem #queenie #stephaniestclair #sequentialtart
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June 3, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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There is also an interview w/ Carla Speed McNeil on Finder in the previous issue of @sequentialtart: http://bit.ly/mUrXPA
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December 13, 2024 at 5:22 AM