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STRAY DOGS (my haiku) 2008.08.05 |
PARANORMAL JAPAN
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GHOSTLY MEXICO
• Notes includes: 1) Origins of the tales, 2) Map of El Monte, CA, barrios 1942-1951, 3) Principal motifs index for the tales, 4) Cultural & historical background notes. • Book review of Mexican Ghost Tales of the Southwest by professor Mary Anne Bernal for MELUS, journal for The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States • Folklore of the Southwest & Mexico: An Annotated Bibliography by Kat Avila (1993) • Overview of Chicano Folklore by Ricardo L. Garcia, NCTE's English Journal (February 1976): 84-87. |
MY PRESENTATIONS • Paranormal Japan: Ghosts, Monsters, & Mythological Creatures (PDF file) Were you turned away at the door because the theater was full? Or need a recap? Here's the slide show I used at Anime Expo 2008. Comments from the AX forum discussion group were included in the slides. • Introduction to Romance Manga (PDF file) Slide show used at PMX 2007 and Anime L.A. 2008. Anime Expo 2008 forum discussion related to my presentations MISC. LINKS • API (Asian Pacific Islander) links • Chicano / U.S. Latino links • U.S. haiku poetry links • Research links: General links, anti-racism, media, sci/tech, symbols, urban legends, writers' resources |
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COMICS • Anime & manga links: Conventions, industry sites, museums, news, Tokyo-area stores • Asia In Comics 2004: Comics by Asian Women program, Tokyo, Japan • Comic artist autographs that I've collected • Inuyasha TV storyboard script (sample pages) • My artist ref file (friends, acquaintances, faves) • My comic R-Hell yaoi fantasy (for adults only) • Survey results on lead male comic character body type & hair color preferences (PMX 2007, Anime L.A. 2008) ARCHIVES My Comic Convention Photos • Anime Expo 2007, Long Beach, CA • Comic-Con International 2007, San Diego, CA My Writing • For LatinoLA (2002-07) • For Jade Magazine re API America (2000-05) • Anime, manga, fantasy & comic artists feature articles (2001-06) • Manga, anime, other reviews (2004-06) • Chicano theatre (1990-2001) • E.S.L. teaching handouts |
MY JAPAN PHOTOS (2003-04, 2006) • Japan links Anime & Manga Sites • Anime Expo Tokyo 2004 (a one-time convention) • The old Bandai Museum & Mobile Suit Museum (Gundam) when it was in Matsudo • Ghibli Museum where Totoro lives • Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum where Astro Boy lives • Shigeru Mizuki Road where GeGeGe-no-Kitaro and all his yōkai buddies live • TAF 2004, 2006 (Tokyo International Anime Fair) • Toei Animation studio site & public gallery  Bob Frew's Drive Map, printed in Japan, 1957 Tokyo Area / Kanto Region • Akabane, Harajuku, Ikebukuro, Odaiba, Ueno • Kamakura, Ōfuna Kannon • New Year's 2004 • Shibuya, NHK TV, Shinjuku • Yokohama (& Chinatown) • Graffiti, street art, & mural wall in Yokohama |
MY JAPAN PHOTOS (cont'd) Kinki Region  O-Kiku's Well of ghostly Japan at Himeji Castle • Himeji Castle (UNESCO World Heritage site) • Ise Shrines, Nagoya Castle • Takarazuka Revue romance theatre where women play both the male & female roles Chugoku Region • Itsukushima (aka Miyajima) (UNESCO World Heritage site) Kyushu Region • Shimabara Castle (site of 1637 Christian uprising) |
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