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Working Characters, Smiling Politely
Japan has a very visual culture—not only in the prevalence of manga, which makes up almost half of all publishing sales in Japan—but also in their language, where kanji often resemble the actions or...
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When Books Get Anthropomorphic
What Matt Alt calls “working characters” in his book Hello, Please! are not unknown in the United States—we see them all the time in the form of sport mascots and product spokesmen. But ultimately,...
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