Ebook: 現代漫画論集

“("Collection of Discourses on Modern Manga" published by Seirindo - all text, no illustrations) individually analyzing works of the mid-Showa mangaka (Shirato Sanpei, Mizuki Shigeru, Ishimori Shotaro, Tsuge Yoshiharu, et al) is a must to have. Chock full of anecdotes, written by four different authors. “

Authors:

Ishiko Junzou / 石子順造
Kaiji Jun / 梶井純
Kikuchi Asajirou / 菊地浅次郎 (山根貞男)
Gondou Susumu / 権藤晋

Artists discussed:
Tezuka Osamu / 手塚治虫
Shirato Sanpei / 白土三平
Ishinomori Shotaro (Ishimori Shotaro) / 石ノ森章太郎
Mizuki Shigeru / 水木 しげる
Tsuge Yoshiharu / つげ義春
Saito Takao / さいとうたかを
Nagashima Shinji / 永島慎二
HIRATA Hiroshi / 平田弘史
TAKITA Yuu / 滝田ゆう
Tanaka Teruo 棚下照生 (たなか てるお)
HAYASHI Seiichi / 林静一
Tsuge Tadao / つげ忠男
Sasaki Maki / 佐々木マキ
and then some essays:

Discussion on the state of affairs, Kid's Manga The Collapse and Transformation of Idealism
Gekiga The Hell of Post War Democracy
Nonsense Manga, Why did Manga move towards nonsense
Ero-guro manga, the desires that lurk in savagery
Extra: history of post war manga by year