Comics and the origins of manga: a revisionist history

Prologue: The Historical Origins and Changing Meaning of "Manga" up to 1923

"Popular in Society at Large" : The First Talking Manga

"Listen Vunce!" : The Audiovisual Revolution in Graphic Narrative

When Krazy Kat Spoke Japanese : Japan's Massive Importation of Foreign Audiovisual Comics

From Asō Yutaka to Tezuka Osamu : How Manga Made in Japan Adopted the Form of Audiovisual Comics

Epilogue : The Myth of Manga as a "Traditional Mode of Expression".