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Rose of Versailles (Versailles no Bara), 1972-74 by Riyoko Ikeda. Artist's print from original watercolor (Image courtesy MCAD)
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Manga show displays girl power (and internationalism)
May 25, 2007
Frenchy Lunning says her life changed when she discovered Japanese comic books.
Minneapolis, Minn. — She enjoyed them as a reader.
But she's also a professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, so she found an academic interest too.
Now she's combining her personal and academic interests in an exhibit at MCAD.
It's called "Shojo Manga! Girl Power! East and West."
It looks at the evolution of Japanese comics as publishers tried to develop a female readership.
When Frenchy Lunning took Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr on a tour, she began with some definitions......
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- Manga show displays girl power (and internationalism) (feature audio)
- Frenchy Lunning talks to Euan Kerr about the origins of manga
- Frenchy Lunning talks to Euan Kerr about how women claimed their part of the manga world
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