This paper outlines the historical development of the US manga (Japanese comics) industry from the 1980s through the … sought to avoid the stigma attached to American mainstream comics and establish the legitimacy of manga as acceptable … on manga titles published in the US market from 1980 to 2006 (n=1,058), this paper shows what kinds of manga have been …

We study how trademarks affect reuse of creative works in the comics industry. As a creative industry, the comics …

We study how trademarks affect reuse of creative works in the comics industry. As a creative industry, the comics …

-newspaper mergers. To identify merger effects, I use a historical event, namely the government-led local-newspaper integration in Japan …