A wee list from myself at the site Shepherd, on 5 interesting literary or mature style manga:
https://shepherd.com/best-books/literary-manga

​A nice in-depth interview with my wee self in The Riverside Quarterly, a multidisciplinary, open access, advertisement-free journal:
“…In the intervening thirty five years, graphic novels have grown in both readership and diversity to form a unique medium within the genre of “sequential art narratives.” The explosion of film titles adapted from graphic novels adds a substantial dimension to the industry. As the scope of this industry comes into focus, it’s easy to forget that all of this begins with an author and artist weaving creativity and technique into a single graphic narrative. To gain some insight into the craft of the graphic novel, I spoke with graphic novelist Seán Michael Wilson about his creative process and new work, The Minamata Story: An EcoTragedy.
The first British citizen to receive the International Manga Award from the Japanese government, Wilson’s collected works cover both historical and social subjects. I first became aware of him through his exegesis of the 18th-century Japanese classic, The Demon’s Sermon on Martial Arts by Issai Chozanshi. Before this summer, we last spoke in the summer 2015, when I interviewed him about his graphic novel Cold Mountain, which chronicled the lives of Chinese poets Han Shan and Shih Te. Our Minamata exchange was equally insightful….”
See more here: https://riversidequarterly.com/sean-michael-wilson-the-minamata-story/

Pan Review
This is the first bit of promo that has come out related to our new George Orwell graphic novel, yesterday. An interview with me about it, also talking about my political leanings (rather than 'falling-over-ings').
THE PAN REVIEW
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​PICOF 2021:
Philippines International Comics Online Festival

Over the four weekends of September. six webinars per weekend by amazing local comics creators and experts and by international guest speakers from the United Kingdom, China, Hong Kong, Spain, Japan, Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, France and the USA.

My own webinar, with Akiko Shimojima, on international collaborations and focusing on our new book together, Minamata: an Ecotragedy (the true story of environmental disaster in Japan) is on Saturday September 18th, 10am Philippines time.

International people can apply for a free ticket for the event from the organisers or from me. Just send me a message here, PM, or otherwise.
People in the Philippines can buy one of the related comics to gain access to the events.

Nice.