Off Panel #392: Blurred Lines with Deb Aoki
Off Panel: A Comics Interview Podcast
English - March 13, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 106 MB - ★★★★★ - 271 ratingsVisual Arts Arts Books comicbooks comics interviews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Manga journalist Deb Aoki joins the podcast this week to chat about the explosion in manga sales the past few years and what has led to it. Aoki discusses her Emerald City Comic Con experience, making connections for manga stories, how she became a manga journalist, the world of writing about manga, Japan's manga sales, speaking to different audiences, the impact of adaptations, price and accessibility, why there are always manga "booms," the amount of product, simplicity in manga stories, supply chain issues, the gifts of manga storytellers, and more.