Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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CXC 2022: Spotlight on manga scholar Frederik Schodt, Tom Spurgeon Award Winner

Frederik Schodt is a pioneering manga scholar and translator, and the winner of the Cartoon Crossroads Columbus Tom Spurgeon Award for 2022. Schodt’s 1983 book Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics was the first significant book to introduce English speakers to Japanese comics, and his translations into English of such works as Astro Boy by Tezuka, Ghost in the Shell by Shirow and The Rose of Versailles by Ikeda have garnered numerous international awards while sparking a love of manga across North America. Hear from Schodt about his life and career, in conversation with The Ohio State University Libraries Japanese Studies Librarian, Ann Marie Davis.

Recorded at The Columbus Metropolitan Library
Video production by Nicolettecinemagraphics: nicolettecinemagraphics.com
Part of Cartoon Crossroads Columbus - October 6-9, 2022

Cartoon Crossroads Columbus - CXC is a FREE comics, art & animation festival in Columbus, Ohio!

For more information, please go to: cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org