Eike Exner
@eikeexner.com
アイケ・エクスナ
Striphistoricus writing on Japanese comics and the history of the comics medium.
eikeexner.com/books
- Comics and the Origins of Manga
(Rutgers UP, 2021)
- Manga: A New History of Japanese Comics
(Yale UP, 2025)
Striphistoricus writing on Japanese comics and the history of the comics medium.
eikeexner.com/books
- Comics and the Origins of Manga
(Rutgers UP, 2021)
- Manga: A New History of Japanese Comics
(Yale UP, 2025)
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Eike Exner
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· Oct 30
Manga
A groundbreaking story of Japanese comics from their nineteenth-century origins to the present day The immensely popular art form of manga, or Japanese co...
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Someone already noticed and posted about this elsewhere, so I guess it's time to announce that I've been spending the past three years working on a comprehensive history of manga that traces the development of comics in Japan from the introduction of pantomime cartoons to smartphone apps. Pls buy?
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At a church in Minneapolis that is hosting an anti-ICE singing vigil, which will later process through the neighborhood.
They sing: “This is for our neighbors who are locked inside, together we will abolish ICE.”
They sing: “This is for our neighbors who are locked inside, together we will abolish ICE.”
January 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
At a church in Minneapolis that is hosting an anti-ICE singing vigil, which will later process through the neighborhood.
They sing: “This is for our neighbors who are locked inside, together we will abolish ICE.”
They sing: “This is for our neighbors who are locked inside, together we will abolish ICE.”
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I think about this quote from the Luddite movement all the time
January 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I think about this quote from the Luddite movement all the time
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i believe the photographer who is taking the photo is Christopher Katsarov of the Canadian Press, and here is his photo
January 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
i believe the photographer who is taking the photo is Christopher Katsarov of the Canadian Press, and here is his photo
Looked up this song because it's sung by Speed Taro in the eponymous 1930s manga.
A lot of songs from that period kind of, as the kids might say, "slap."
A lot of songs from that period kind of, as the kids might say, "slap."
アラビアの唄
YouTube video by 二村定一／佐藤千夜子 - Topic
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January 11, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Looked up this song because it's sung by Speed Taro in the eponymous 1930s manga.
A lot of songs from that period kind of, as the kids might say, "slap."
A lot of songs from that period kind of, as the kids might say, "slap."
Only a matter of time now until the first LDP/Sanseito government finds the gene that makes Japanese people better at manga 💪
昨日NHKでタモリと山中伸弥氏の古代の日本列島の火山の番組を見ていたら「日本人らしさ」というテーマだったらしく、それでもNHKだから信用して見ていたら、縄文期から日本人男性に特有の遺伝子D-M11があり、それあると友達の数が多く、火山の噴火の多い日本では助け合う遺伝子が適者生存で残ったのではないかみたいな話をやっていた。他にも日本人は不安を感じる遺伝子が多いとかもやってたけど、統計に閉じた話なら問題ないけど、特定の遺伝子と「日本人らしさ」を結びつける構成は社会的ダーウィニズムもいいかげんにしろと思った。
January 11, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Only a matter of time now until the first LDP/Sanseito government finds the gene that makes Japanese people better at manga 💪
I'm having trouble understanding how university presses still remain on a website run by an open neonazi that also produces child pornography.
Authors, please email your publishers if they're still on there.
Authors, please email your publishers if they're still on there.
I know it's hard to shock these days but Elon Musk going full Rhodesia defender and calling for the ethnic cleansing of the US should still shock you.
These are neo nazi views that were only previously shared on explicitly neo nazi sites.
These are neo nazi views that were only previously shared on explicitly neo nazi sites.
January 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I'm having trouble understanding how university presses still remain on a website run by an open neonazi that also produces child pornography.
Authors, please email your publishers if they're still on there.
Authors, please email your publishers if they're still on there.
The neonazis are paying a killer to reward him for killing someone they didn't like, probably hoping to encourage others.
There’s a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross’s legal expenses for murdering Renee Good.
This violates GoFundMe’s Terms of Service. Everyone must report it.
A thread on how to do that 🧵
This violates GoFundMe’s Terms of Service. Everyone must report it.
A thread on how to do that 🧵
January 11, 2026 at 6:23 PM
The neonazis are paying a killer to reward him for killing someone they didn't like, probably hoping to encourage others.
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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if only there had been a movement and momentum several years ago to downsize police budgets, clear out the white supremacists and de-militarize local law enforcement
The elephant in the room is that mayors and governors across the country have very good reason to question the loyalty and allegiances of the state and local police forces and that’s one of the impediments to doing anything about the current occupations
January 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
if only there had been a movement and momentum several years ago to downsize police budgets, clear out the white supremacists and de-militarize local law enforcement
These paramilitary guys are so brave, shoving, punching, and pepper spraying people who are not allowed to fight back or else they could be killed with impunity.
And as usual, American Fascism's vehicle of choice is the big boy vanity truck.
And as usual, American Fascism's vehicle of choice is the big boy vanity truck.
January 10, 2026 at 3:40 AM
These paramilitary guys are so brave, shoving, punching, and pepper spraying people who are not allowed to fight back or else they could be killed with impunity.
And as usual, American Fascism's vehicle of choice is the big boy vanity truck.
And as usual, American Fascism's vehicle of choice is the big boy vanity truck.
Few things embody the imbalance in US politics and media better than the juxtaposition of the killing of a famous right-wing bigot prompting prominent 'liberal' politicians and outlets to preemptively eulogize, and the killing of a regular decent person prompting conservatives to gloat.
January 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Few things embody the imbalance in US politics and media better than the juxtaposition of the killing of a famous right-wing bigot prompting prominent 'liberal' politicians and outlets to preemptively eulogize, and the killing of a regular decent person prompting conservatives to gloat.
I had no idea comics anthology magazines existed this early in the US. Further evidence perhaps that it was the embrace of comics by established major magazine publishers like Kodansha in Japan (rather than small ones like in the US and France) that enabled the unique growth of comics there.
New Fun Vol 1 No 1-4
DC, 1935
Covers feature Jack Woods by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson and Lyman Anderson (1-2); Don Drake on the Planet Saro by Ken Fitch and Clem Gretter; and Loco Luke by Jack Warren.
DC, 1935
Covers feature Jack Woods by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson and Lyman Anderson (1-2); Don Drake on the Planet Saro by Ken Fitch and Clem Gretter; and Loco Luke by Jack Warren.
January 9, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I had no idea comics anthology magazines existed this early in the US. Further evidence perhaps that it was the embrace of comics by established major magazine publishers like Kodansha in Japan (rather than small ones like in the US and France) that enabled the unique growth of comics there.
Just came across this fascinating article on the spread of (audiovisual) comics to Korea. The influence of Bringing Up Father is obvious from several early manhwa themselves, but I had no idea the newspaper featuring the first Korean comic strip explicitly referenced the boom in comics in Japan!
웃음의 매체와 개그 만화의 재구성: 『멍텅구리』에서 병맛 만화까지
개그 만화가 연재된 매체의 변화를 중심으로 개그 만화를 재구성하겠다. 즉 신문, 잡지, 인터넷으로 이어지는 매체 변화를 기준으로 개그 만화의 역사를 세 시기로 구분하고, 각 시기에 대응하는 근대 만화, 명랑 만화, 병맛 만화를 차례로 검토하려는 것이다.
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January 8, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Just came across this fascinating article on the spread of (audiovisual) comics to Korea. The influence of Bringing Up Father is obvious from several early manhwa themselves, but I had no idea the newspaper featuring the first Korean comic strip explicitly referenced the boom in comics in Japan!
Remember when Tim Walz was tripping over himself to portray JD Vance as a decent person he simply had some reasonable disagreements with during their 2024 debate? This is how right-wingers repay you for playing nice.
January 8, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Remember when Tim Walz was tripping over himself to portray JD Vance as a decent person he simply had some reasonable disagreements with during their 2024 debate? This is how right-wingers repay you for playing nice.
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Hey what if you all stopped sharing screenshots of the worst people alive saying horrible shit?
January 8, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Hey what if you all stopped sharing screenshots of the worst people alive saying horrible shit?
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Renee Nicole Good, 37, was murdered four fifths of a mile from where George Perry Floyd, Jr., 46, was murdered in May of 2020.
I want the media to understand just how close what happened today is to where George Floyd was murdered. 0.8 miles.
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Renee Nicole Good, 37, was murdered four fifths of a mile from where George Perry Floyd, Jr., 46, was murdered in May of 2020.
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what this should make clear to everyone in this country is that it does not matter who you are, there's no "it could never happen to me"
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
The murdered woman's glove compartment is filled with stuffed animals.
January 7, 2026 at 8:54 PM
what this should make clear to everyone in this country is that it does not matter who you are, there's no "it could never happen to me"
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
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As years go by I increasingly believe conservatism is all projection. Everything they accuse their enemies of doing is what they want to do, with the justification that it's somehow self-defense. And that's how the scum who harped for years about jackbooted feds persecuting them kill people for ICE.
January 7, 2026 at 7:24 PM
As years go by I increasingly believe conservatism is all projection. Everything they accuse their enemies of doing is what they want to do, with the justification that it's somehow self-defense. And that's how the scum who harped for years about jackbooted feds persecuting them kill people for ICE.
I'm excited, happy, and honored that Manga: A New History is included in this category 🙇
January 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I'm excited, happy, and honored that Manga: A New History is included in this category 🙇
I'm not entirely convinced that the strategy of alienating every single other country on earth will work out well for the United States.
January 7, 2026 at 5:27 AM
I'm not entirely convinced that the strategy of alienating every single other country on earth will work out well for the United States.
Although I've had my work stolen by billion-dollar corporations through piracy sites and am obviously not happy about that, I do have to say that without Anna's Archive et al., writing research articles would be nearly impossible for independent (i.e., unemployed) scholars like me without ILL access
Anna's Archive has been shut down in some kind of legal action by India, but you can still access it at .pm and .in instead of .org.
January 6, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Although I've had my work stolen by billion-dollar corporations through piracy sites and am obviously not happy about that, I do have to say that without Anna's Archive et al., writing research articles would be nearly impossible for independent (i.e., unemployed) scholars like me without ILL access
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Positive blurb from Kirkus Review for my upcoming book! PM me for a 30% discount code, cheaper than Amazon ;) (I'm new at this stuff for an "everybody audience" so maybe I should post?) . www.upress.umn.edu/978151790329...
Long Take
A multifaceted portrait of the great Japanese director For years, Akira Kurosawa resisted writing about himself. “It would turn out to be nothing but t...
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January 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Positive blurb from Kirkus Review for my upcoming book! PM me for a 30% discount code, cheaper than Amazon ;) (I'm new at this stuff for an "everybody audience" so maybe I should post?) . www.upress.umn.edu/978151790329...
For those who like comics and voting for things, the Broken Frontier Awards combine both.
Yes, I'm sharing this because Manga: A New History of Japanese Comics is one of the nominees and I'm hoping someone might vote for it 👉👈 how did you know 🙈
Yes, I'm sharing this because Manga: A New History of Japanese Comics is one of the nominees and I'm hoping someone might vote for it 👉👈 how did you know 🙈
Introducing the Broken Frontier Awards 2025 – Events in Gaza Make Their Presence Felt in Another Eclectic Set of BF Nominations – Broken Frontier
The Broken Frontier Awards 2025 are here and you get to play a part in deciding who the winners are for the last twelve months.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
For those who like comics and voting for things, the Broken Frontier Awards combine both.
Yes, I'm sharing this because Manga: A New History of Japanese Comics is one of the nominees and I'm hoping someone might vote for it 👉👈 how did you know 🙈
Yes, I'm sharing this because Manga: A New History of Japanese Comics is one of the nominees and I'm hoping someone might vote for it 👉👈 how did you know 🙈