Giga Town: A Guide to Manga Iconography SC (2024 Udon) comic books 1992 or later
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Published Sep 2024 by Udon Entertainment.$8.95
$8.95
1st printing. By Fumiyo Kouno. Manga symbols - "manpu" in Japanese - are iconic or symbolic expressions used uniquely in manga, such as sweat drops, popping veins, and smoke puffs. Giga Town: A Guide to Manga Iconography! is (probably) Japan's first guide to this manga iconography, collecting and explaining these symbols, with a short manga featuring the frolicking animals of the famous Japanese scroll Choju-jinbutsu-giga to explain each one! Softcover, 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.99.
