Eike Exner
@eikeexner.com
アイケ・エクスナ
Striphistoricus writing on Japanese comics and the history of the comics medium.
eikeexner.com/books
- Comics and the Origins of Manga
(Rutgers UP, 2021)
- Manga: A New History of Japanese Comics
(Yale UP, 2025)
Striphistoricus writing on Japanese comics and the history of the comics medium.
eikeexner.com/books
- Comics and the Origins of Manga
(Rutgers UP, 2021)
- Manga: A New History of Japanese Comics
(Yale UP, 2025)
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Eike Exner
@eikeexner.com
· Oct 30
Manga
A groundbreaking story of Japanese comics from their nineteenth-century origins to the present day The immensely popular art form of manga, or Japanese co...
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Someone already noticed and posted about this elsewhere, so I guess it's time to announce that I've been spending the past three years working on a comprehensive history of manga that traces the development of comics in Japan from the introduction of pantomime cartoons to smartphone apps. Pls buy?
Does anyone know where the Japanese practice of indicating that a speaker is Chinese by having them finish every sentence with ある comes from? It's in Cyborg 009 but it's already present in some 1930s stuff...
Particularly interesting given that the trope bears no relationship to actual Chinese...
Particularly interesting given that the trope bears no relationship to actual Chinese...
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Does anyone know where the Japanese practice of indicating that a speaker is Chinese by having them finish every sentence with ある comes from? It's in Cyborg 009 but it's already present in some 1930s stuff...
Particularly interesting given that the trope bears no relationship to actual Chinese...
Particularly interesting given that the trope bears no relationship to actual Chinese...
Real big scoop would be to find a rich asshole who *wasn't* friends with Jeffrey Epstein.
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Real big scoop would be to find a rich asshole who *wasn't* friends with Jeffrey Epstein.
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every single one of these emails is someone I already hate messaging a notorious pedophile to say "Thanks for the great time! I had fun doing pedophile stuff with you. P.S. Trump was there with us the whole time"
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
every single one of these emails is someone I already hate messaging a notorious pedophile to say "Thanks for the great time! I had fun doing pedophile stuff with you. P.S. Trump was there with us the whole time"
Today's the four year anniversary of my first book, Comics and the Origins of Manga. To celebrate, I'm sharing a "Reviewer Two" review it received that delayed publication by a few months but which taught me the invaluable lesson not to listen to your haters.
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Today's the four year anniversary of my first book, Comics and the Origins of Manga. To celebrate, I'm sharing a "Reviewer Two" review it received that delayed publication by a few months but which taught me the invaluable lesson not to listen to your haters.
Wow turns out Larry Summers is a pos?? Who could've possibly seen this coming??
Seriously though: how come all of these rich and influential people were friends with a child sex trafficker?
Seriously though: how come all of these rich and influential people were friends with a child sex trafficker?
November 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Wow turns out Larry Summers is a pos?? Who could've possibly seen this coming??
Seriously though: how come all of these rich and influential people were friends with a child sex trafficker?
Seriously though: how come all of these rich and influential people were friends with a child sex trafficker?
Hat erschreckend lange gedauert, bis ich geschnallt hab, dass 落下傘絵 ein Tippfehler für 屏風絵 ist... War ganz schön verwirrt, was das sein soll. Hatte nämlich noch nicht gehört, dass japanische Piloten ihre Ausrüstung bemalt hätten.
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Hat erschreckend lange gedauert, bis ich geschnallt hab, dass 落下傘絵 ein Tippfehler für 屏風絵 ist... War ganz schön verwirrt, was das sein soll. Hatte nämlich noch nicht gehört, dass japanische Piloten ihre Ausrüstung bemalt hätten.
is it good that we've replaced a semi-functioning government with nazi-adjacent freaks who have shit for brains but think they're both victim and savior?
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
is it good that we've replaced a semi-functioning government with nazi-adjacent freaks who have shit for brains but think they're both victim and savior?
I sure hope our Republican Friends Across The Aisle don't do anything bad!
Because if they do, we might start fiercely holding them accountable
(sending disapproving tweets and asking their victims for donations even more frequently)
Because if they do, we might start fiercely holding them accountable
(sending disapproving tweets and asking their victims for donations even more frequently)
1. We need to fight hard for a good ACA extension early in December and hold Republicans fiercely accountable if they betray everyone.
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I sure hope our Republican Friends Across The Aisle don't do anything bad!
Because if they do, we might start fiercely holding them accountable
(sending disapproving tweets and asking their victims for donations even more frequently)
Because if they do, we might start fiercely holding them accountable
(sending disapproving tweets and asking their victims for donations even more frequently)
Not sure if I'd keep insisting on taking away people's food and healthcare if they gave me this reaction in public
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Not sure if I'd keep insisting on taking away people's food and healthcare if they gave me this reaction in public
Kind of ironic that Bernie Sanders refused to run as an independent in 2016 and 2024 so as to prevent Trump and not weaken the Democratic Party and now we have two Trump terms and a completely useless Democratic Party.
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Kind of ironic that Bernie Sanders refused to run as an independent in 2016 and 2024 so as to prevent Trump and not weaken the Democratic Party and now we have two Trump terms and a completely useless Democratic Party.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We're doing Prerevolution France and we're doing it very strongly. I think everyone will eat Trump Cake and you'll all be very happy. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
This just into the newsroom
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court issues emergency order temporarily blocking full SNAP food aid payments.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court issues emergency order temporarily blocking full SNAP food aid payments.
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We're doing Prerevolution France and we're doing it very strongly. I think everyone will eat Trump Cake and you'll all be very happy. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Alright y’all, which cover design for my book coming out this August?
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Alright y’all, which cover design for my book coming out this August?
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ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Apparently this worked
Skipping to the screen with the line "The sandwich EXPLODED against my chest!", pressing R1 to yell OBJECTION and present my photo of the *intact* sandwich, I thrust my index finger at the sweaty ICE goon with a porcine pun name, triggering epic REVERSAL music reverberating through the courtroom
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Apparently this worked
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Ignatz Mice toss traditional sub
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Ignatz Mice toss traditional sub
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whos in the social media bubble now you gooncel freaks
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
whos in the social media bubble now you gooncel freaks
Trying
As someone who fell into the “all Shonen manga in the 60s/70s looked like Tezuka/Ishinomori” trap, reading Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 1 (1968) made me appreciate the sheer variety of styles packed into their first volumes.
Early manga history should be more storied in America
Early manga history should be more storied in America
November 6, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Trying
Highly recommend occasionally verifying sources for claims that strike you as odd. Can be pretty amusing.
![The passage cited to support the claim that the Asahi Shinbun condemned a book of pornography titled Issei Teire: 警視庁防犯課による、いわゆるエロ・グロ本の「一斉手入れ」が行われた。("The Metropolitan Police Department's crime prevention unit conducted a 'simultaneous crackdown' [in Japanese: issei teire] against so-called erotic/grotesque books.")](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nwvzwefanstmamz7gtdbus56/bafkreibb7vozgqanswka7fw5zqz4tlb6x2iol7aiaqvbyrm5masp7iaa7q@jpeg)
November 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Highly recommend occasionally verifying sources for claims that strike you as odd. Can be pretty amusing.
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It's as if centrist Democrats are just Republicans 🤔
just in: Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner is on track to win easily.
With roughly a quarter of the vote reporting, he leads Pat Dugan 81% to 19%.
Krasner already beat Dugan in the Dem primary... and Dugan kept running as the GOP nominee. (My write-up: boltsmag.org/2025-prosecu...)
With roughly a quarter of the vote reporting, he leads Pat Dugan 81% to 19%.
Krasner already beat Dugan in the Dem primary... and Dugan kept running as the GOP nominee. (My write-up: boltsmag.org/2025-prosecu...)
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
It's as if centrist Democrats are just Republicans 🤔
Skipping to the screen with the line "The sandwich EXPLODED against my chest!", pressing R1 to yell OBJECTION and present my photo of the *intact* sandwich, I thrust my index finger at the sweaty ICE goon with a porcine pun name, triggering epic REVERSAL music reverberating through the courtroom
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
November 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Skipping to the screen with the line "The sandwich EXPLODED against my chest!", pressing R1 to yell OBJECTION and present my photo of the *intact* sandwich, I thrust my index finger at the sweaty ICE goon with a porcine pun name, triggering epic REVERSAL music reverberating through the courtroom