The Manga RevolutionI grew up wanting to be an artist. There was an art schooldown my road, and I would go and see the exhibitions with my dad, then Id gohome feeling inspired to draw, and announce When I grow up, I want to go to Art School!. I also loved to read stories and (in a lesser way) aspired to writethem, but for the small me, stories and writing had nothing more than anincidental connection. Sure, I read The Beano, I knew who Spiderman was, butthose werent stories to me stories were the books I loved, and art was simplyrelated.As I grew up, I continued to draw all sorts of things: Idrew Greeks and Dinosau