If you’re an art lover, you probably frequent museums and galleries. Likely, you also have a penchant for browsing through biographies about the masters. Mayhaps you’re even a fan of picture books, coffee table books, or any sort of book where art plays a large role. But do you know what art form you may be missing? Manga.
Most of this Japanese genre conforms to a very specific art style developed in the late nineteenth century, so even if you’re not a reader, you can spot manga when you see it. According to Denise Tempone, it consists of expressive eyes, slender silhouettes, and cartoonish characters in realistic settings, among other traits. Combined, these characteristics have made manga an extremely recognizable genre worldwide — and for good reason. Before I even knew what manga was, I, a child in Argentina, could always pinpoint what I then called “ Read Entire Article
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