{"product_id":"9781940589039","title":"When Manga Came to America: Super-Hero Revisionism in Mai, the Psychic Girl","description":"The first manga widely available in English, MAI, THE PSYCHIC GIRL -- written by Kazuya Kudo, with art by Ryoichi Ikegami -- offered a near-perfect story for American readers: a realistic super-hero story, in line with revisionist American comics of the time (like WATCHMEN). In this short book, Dr. Julian Darius explores the comic, its depiction of super-powers, its relationship to revisionism, its depiction of female sexuality, and the various attempts to adapt the story as a motion picture.\u003cp\u003eFrom Sequart Organization. More info at http:\/\/sequart.org\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sequart Research \u0026 Literacy Organization","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47065140560112,"sku":"9781940589039","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781940589039_p0.jpg?v=1763753698","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781940589039","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}