Seattle Bunko Breakfast 2008

The Story Behind Johnny Bunk Part 2
- Manga is a cool, expansive media in Japan
- Titles vary widely (time management, dangers of nationalism)
- Part 2 of "why manga"; Manga is growing in the USA
- Librarians trolling for manga at ComicCon
- Thus Three legs: Ubiquity in Japan, Growing in US, Career Books with tactical information don't make sense
- Fun, fast and absorbing
- Researchers: eye tracking and manga reading- Dan vs "manga-native" style "ripping through it
- Essence of manga is speed
- This gist: convey strategic information in a quick way, 1 sitting... or I have failed

The Story Behind Johnny Bunko, Part 1
- A different sort of book
- Manga in Japanese culture
- Point: "Ubiquity"
- Factoid: 22% of printed media in Japan is Manga
- Japan's most lucrative export is pop culture
- Drawing on the Wall [Redacted- ok, never actually drawn]
- The "Manga Industrial Complex"
Captured in Seattle at the Arctic Club Hotel on July 29, 2008