What You See Is What You Get: Visualizing Hypocrisy in Umezu Kazuo’s Manga Cat-Eyed Boy

Authors

Jon P. Holt, Portland State UniversityFollow

Published In

ImageTexT: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2019

Subjects

Japanese Literature -- Analysis

Abstract

In his manga Cat-Eyed Boy (Nekome Kozō, 1967-9 and 1976), Umezu Kazuo (1936- ) often uses his titular punky half-feline, half-human character less as a protagonist and more as an observer who helps narrate horrific tales. As a discoverer of horror, the character’s greatest superpower is seeing something unknown, something to be feared...

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Citation Details

Holt, Jon P., "What You See Is What You Get: Visualizing Hypocrisy in Umezu Kazuo’s Manga Cat-Eyed Boy" (2019). World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations. 131.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/32875