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Dr. Stone Series Review: Kings of the New Stone Age

Anime

Dr. Stone

In a flash of green light, all of humanity was turned into stone, and modern civilization came to an abrupt end. Thousands of years then past and the Earth returned to a time before the Stone Age. Supergenius Senku Ishigami successfully held onto his consciousness for over three millennia, and one day he was able to break out of his imprisonment. Alone in this new world, Senku vows to save everyone who was turned into stone, as well as bring back two million years of human technological advancement in a single lifetime.

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Who Is the Author of a Comic?

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Comics are often extremely collaborative, many owned by companies, not individuals, so who are the real authors? How do we define author in the case comics? Does Frank Miller or Joh Romita Jr bear the responsibility of visuals in Superman Year One? How did a Gisèle Lagacé comic almost have its cover redrawn and recolored by the printer? What is an auteur, a mangaka, a gensakusha? Why should we, as audience, fans, or professionals, care?

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