Tatsumi is recognized by fans as the grandfather of alternative manga, a style identified with social realism and visual experimentation. Last year also brought the publication of A Drifting Life, an 855-page memoir by 75-year-old Yoshihiro Tatsumi, published by Drawn & Quarterly. The site combines social networking, online collaborative authorship and the final publication (online and on paper) of an anthology of user-generated manga memoirs-true stories about the multicultural experiences of Canadians of Japanese descent. To celebrate the 80th anniversary of Canadian diplomatic relations with Japan, Canadian digital media company Zeros 2 Heroes hosted the web 2.0 initiative Manga Memoirs. Last year was an important one for memoir and manga (Japanese comics) in North America.
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