Covers They Were Eleven, A, A Prime, and A Drunken Dream, all short works by Moto HagioIn honor of the release of The Poe Clan by Moto Hagio, longtime manga reviewer Kate Dacey (@manga_critic on Twitter) and Shojo & Tell host Ashley take a look at some of Hagio’s shorter works. They talk about how rare and refreshing it is to read a shojo scifi story, Hagio’s influence on the space of girl’s comics, and how the exploration of gender in THEY WERE ELEVEN and A,A' does or doesn’t align with our modern understanding of gender. If you learn nothing else from this podcast, remember: Iguanas and bulls forever.Click here for a transcript of this episodeREFERENCESUnfortunately, all the Moto Hagio works covered on the podcast are out of print. You can generally find cheap copies of They Were Eleven from eBay and other used sellers, though.Support the recent released of The Poe Clan, also by Moto HagioKate contributed to Manga: Introduction, Challenges, and Best PracticesOther science fiction shojo manga: Please Save My Earth, Clover, X/1999, Jyu-Oh-Sei, Moon Child, A.I. RevolutionAbsolute Boyfriend by Yu WataseBoys Over Flowers by Yoko KamioMasters of long works: Naoki Urasawa, Rumiko Takahashi, Katsuhiro Otomo, Osamu TezukaOther Moto Hagio works: Otherworld Barbara, Heart of ThomasPeople crucial to publishing Hagio’s works in America: Rachel Thorn, FantagraphicsThe saga of Four Shojo StoriesUrusei Yatsura was also initially published in floppies by VizInfluential female manga artists: Machiko Hasegawa, Hideko Mizuno, Keiko TakemiyaOther queer shojo series from the ’70s: Claudine, The Rose of Versailles (releasing soon in the US!)Random other authors mentioned: David Levithan, Madeleine L'Engle, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Shirley JacksonOutro song: "Smiles Its Me!" by DanosongsCONTACT USKate on the Internet: @manga_critic on Twitter, Manga Critic on Manga BookshelfShojo & Tell on Twitter, Instagram, and TumblrAshley on Twitter: @AshMcD00
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