Sean Michael Wilson

The Minamata Story

An Ecotragedy
Illustrator: Shimojima, Akiko

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The true story of how one Japanese village suffered and survived the mercury poisoning of its waters.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stone Bridge Press
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Altersempfehlung: 13 bis 17 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 155mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 219g
• ISBN-13: 9781611720563
• ISBN-10: 1611720567
• Artikelnr.: 57092674

Autorenporträt

Sean Michael Wilson is a comic book writer from Scotland. He has had more than 30 books published with a variety of US, UK and Japanese publishers. Working with various Japanese artists he has written a unique line of Japanese history/martial arts books, including The Book of Five Rings, Yakuza Moon and Black Ships.  In 2016 his book The Faceless Ghost was nominated for the prestigious Eisner Book Awards and received a medal in the 2016 'Independent Publisher Book Awards'. In 2017, his book Secrets of the Ninja won an International Manga Award from the Japanese government - he is the first British person to receive this award. Akiko Shimojima is a comic artist from Japan. Her career began when she was in a university in NY. Her comics have been published by several companies in Japan and other countries. She has been working with Sean Michael Wilson, on various projects, including The 47 Ronin, Bushido, and the Satsuma Rebellion. Her book Cold Mountain was the winner of the China Comic and Animation Competition 2015 ‘Best Overseas Comic’ award. She also teaches how to draw digital comics at a college in Tokyo. Brian Small is an environmental activist and teacher at Minami Kyushu University.