Back from the Brink
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2133549 |
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| Authors | Dougal Mcneill (0000-0003-0049-1770, corresponding author), David Mcneill (0000-0002-6892-5902) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 54 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466012038351 |
| OpenAlex | W4410183232 |
| Language | EN |
Like most Japanese men, Katsunobu Sakurai read apocalyptic comic book stories about the future when he was a boy. He never expected to live through one of those stories himself.A common plot sees a modern city reduced overnight to a ghostly husk as fears of nuclear contamination empties it of people. Businesses shut and food, water and petrol run out. Old people left behind begin dying. The city mayor makes a desperate televised appeal for help. Such is real life in Sakurai's city of Minami-Soma
Comics and Graphic Narratives · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · History · Japanese History and Culture
| Highly cited | No |
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