“Text and Image beautifully analyzes complex concepts in clean and simple language–excellent for students and academics and very exciting for anyone interested in comics and manga. Deborah Shamoon is a marvelous historical detective, and she delves deeply into both comics and manga, covering the entire board of cultural innovations and practices that constellate around these works.” –Frenchy Lunning, author of Cosplay: The Fictional Mode of Existence

“Text and Image paves the way for future directions in manga scholarship, creating a platform that brings Japanese comics specialists into dialogue with scholars active in the rapidly growing field of comics studies in North American academia. Deborah Shamoon offers an insightful, in-depth formalist analysis of manga’s visual storytelling methods and techniques from a comparative perspective.” –Shige (CJ) Suzuki, coauthor of Manga: A Critical Guide

Deborah Shamoon is associate professor in the Department of Japanese Studies at the National University of Singapore and author of Passionate Friendship: The Aesthetics of Girls’ Culture in Japan.