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I got my hands on Comics Worlds & the World of Comics - Global Manga Studies, vol.1, and consequently read parts of it. Below are comments on the chapters I read, in rough order of how good/interesting/enjoyable I found them:

Dōjinshi research as a site of opportunity for Manga Studies, by Nele Noppe, is surely my favorite out of the bunch. A primer on manga fan works (dōjinshi), copyright, and the act of creation, along a plea to make art easier to partake in and research. Normally I would not say so, but READ THIS!

Theorizing comics/manga genre as a productive forum: yaoi and beyond, by Akiko Mizoguchi, is recommended for being an enjoyable read. I am personally not inclined towards most BL, but it is always fun to read about. Plus this chapter includes terms such as "virtual lesbians" and "minority sexuality of yaoi" (which does not refer to male homosexuality). I imagine it's a very Tumblr chapter.

When a "male" reads shōjo manga, by Kimio Itō, is bite-sized - only 7 pages! Somehow this account of an older man feels novel. Probably because this Itō is from sociology, and not from manga studies nor any other kind of humanities.

BD in young girl-oriented magazines in France, by Noriko Inomata, is surprisingly about French comics and not manga (though a comparison is drawn). It is kind of text on a niche, under-researched topic which (imho) is healthy to read a lot of. You get a rounded view of things.

Manga truisms: On the insularity of Japanese manga discourse, by Hiroshi Odagiri, was not too easy to get through. It is likely the most meta of these chapters, but if you are interested in the discourse or academia surrounding manga as such (I am) here's a recommendation.

Barefoot Gen and "A-bomb literature - Re-collecting the nuclear experience, by Takayuki Kawaguchi, and How emotions work: The politics of vision in Nakazawa Keiji's Barefoot Gen, by Kenji Kajiya, both highlight the quality of Keiji Nakazawa's Barefoot Gen. This makes them somewhat superfluous, since that work speaks for itself. The other works spoken of in contrast make them more interesting reads, though.

And that's about it. There are other chapter of course but I haven't read them (and probably won't unless I encounter them some other time) so commenting on them would be difficult and silly.

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TWC 37: FANDOM HISTORIES [SPECIAL ISSUE]

Editorial

Fandom Histories

Theory

E. Charlotte Stevens and Nick Webber, The fan-historian

Edmond Ernest dit Alban, I also eat the straights

Taylore Nicole Woodhouse, Digital archives, fandom histories, and the reproduction of the hegemony of play

Chris Comerford and Natalie Krikowa, Archive-lensing of fan franchise histories

Praxis

Lauren Chalk, Representing reggaeton through fans' online community archives

Katriina Heljakka, Fans, play knowledge, and playful history management

Ellie Jane Turker-Kilburn, Reimagining queer female histories through fandom

Kimberly Kennedy, Fan binding as a method of preserving fan fiction

Shire Belen Buchsbaum, Binding fan fiction and reexamining book production models

Kameron Dunn, Furry fandom, aesthetics, and the potential in new objects of fannish interest

Symposium

Emily Coccia, Femslash fandom and the cultivation of white queer genealogies

Qiuyan Guo, Historical poaching within celebrity fandom practices

Kyle Meikle, Time for the theme park ride-through video

Andre Magpantay, Fandom.com and fan-made histories

Tosha R. Taylor, Historicizing the fan archive of Talia al Ghul

TWC Editors, What is an anti? Exploring a key term and contemporary debates

FanLIS

Ludi Price, Lyn Robinson, Building bridges: Papers from the FanLIS 2021 symposium

Paul Thomas, How Adventure Time fans understand the 'true' producer: A close analysis of two encyclopedic fan texts

J. Nicole Miller, Information-seeking behaviors of young adult readers of fiction and fan fiction

Argyrios Emmanouloudis, Twitch (still) plays Pokémon: When spectators become archivists

Eleonora Benecchi, Colin Porlezza, Laura Pranteddu, Filling the gap: An exploration into the theories and methods used in fan studies Eleonora Benecchi, Colin Porlezza, Laura Pranteddu

Nele Noppe, Ludi Price, Kimberley Chiu, J. Nicole Miller, Erika Ningxin Wang, Serena M. Vaswani, Sarah Kate Merry, D. E. Pollock, Suzanne R. Black, Rhiannon Hartwell, Naomi Jacobs, Paul Anthony Thomas, Argyrios Emmanouloudis, Erica Hellman, Amy Spitz, What if academic publishing worked like fan publishing? Imagining the Fantasy Research Archive of Our Own

Book review

Suzanne R. Black, "The republic of games: Textual culture between old books and new media," by Elyse Graham

Judith May Fathallah, "Loving fanfiction: Exploring the role of emotion in online fandoms," by Brit Kelley

John Francis, "Manga cultures and the female gaze," by Kathryn Hemmann

Kristine Michelle Santos, "Otaku and the struggle for imagination in Japan," by Patrick W. Galbraith

Ross Hagen, "Emo: How fans defined a subculture," by Judith May Fathallah