ILLU-2010 Chapter 13: 13 Readings
Document Summary
Daniel h. pink: japan, ink: inside the manga industrial complex. Manga sales in the us have tripled in the past four years. Catholic church is using manga to recruit new priests. Young people are turning away from traditional magazines of comics and turning into their phones. Comprised about 22 percent of printed material in japan. Male to female radio was 300- 1. Non professional self published manga is known as dojinshi. About 90 percent of material for sale is borrowed from existing works: fakes were often indistinguishable from originals. Ancient sensibility: market base is naturally drawn to original works. Shifting and blurring lines between disciplines in the creative industry. Application of creative processing to problems of visual communications are facilitated by visual intelligence. Student illustrator are often under pressure to break new ground: in reality does nothing to consider the real business of illustration. Need to be educated, socially and culturally aware.
