Sean Michael Wilson: 19 books
Black Ships
Illustrated Japanese History--The Americans Arrive
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
On the 14th of July, 1853, the USS Plymouth, Mississippi, Saratoga, and Susquehanna sailed into Yokosuka, Japan. The mysterious "Black Ships" had arrived.
In this stirring account of a pivotal moment in modern Japanese history, award-winning author and illustrator team Sean Michael...
Fight the Power!
A Visual History of Protest Among the English Speaking Peoples
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Named one of Rough Trade’s Best Books of 2013
According to Gandhi, the Four Stages of Protest are as follows: First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you. Then you win!
In Fight the Power!, comics authors Sean Michael Wilson and Benjamin Dickson team up with...
The Satsuma Rebellion
Illustrated Japanese History - The Last Stand of the Samurai
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
A gripping graphic novel describing the uprising of 1877, when the old style samurai were crushed in a bloody conflict with the imperial army that ended samurai power in Japan
Award-winning comic book writer Sean Michael Wilson and acclaimed manga artist Akiko Shimojima team up to tell the...
Goodbye God?
An Illustrated Exploration of Science Vs. Religion
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
A graphic novel that explores evolution vs. creation and calls for an end to the teaching of creationism in schools. It pans out to consider the negative impacts of religion, and with the active support of the American Humanist Association, demonstrates how a concern for humanism, science, and reasoned...
Cold Mountain
The Legend of Han Shan and Shih Te, the Original Dharma Bums
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Here is a graphic novel portrait of the wild antics and legendary poetry of two of China’s greatest poets. Han Shan (known as "Cold Mountain") and Shih Te lived during the Tang dynasty (618–906 C.E.) and were critics of authority (both secular and religious) and champions of social justice....
Portraits of Violence
An Illustrated History of Radical Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
Bringing together established academics and award-winning comic book writers and illustrators, Portraits of Violence illustrates the most compelling ideas and episodes in the critique of violence.
Hannah Arendt, Franz Fanon, Jacques Derrida, Edward Said, Paolo Freire, Michel Foucault, Susan...
by Sean Michael Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Over one hundred years ago, the writer and Japanophile Lafcadio Hearn gathered together a selection of kaidan, traditional Japanese ghost, myth, and mystery stories, and published them in English in over a dozen books. The kaidan feature vengeful ghosts and bewitching spirits that mete out karmic...
The Book of Five Rings
A Graphic Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
This graphic novel version of The Book of Five Rings, the iconic book of confrontation and victory by the famed seventeenth-century duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi, illuminates this brilliant manifesto, which has long inspired martial artists and anyone interested in cultivating a...
Parecomic
Michael Albert and the Story of Participatory Economics
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Parecomic is a graphic novel about the system we live in—what’s wrong with it, and how we might be able change it for the better. The recent upsurge in popular protest around the world shows that people are not happy with the state of capitalism and desire an alternative that will work for the...
Secrets of the Ninja
The Shinobi Teachings of Hattori Hanzo
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
***Bronze Medal Winner, 10th International Manga Awards ***
This historically grounded manga follows the ninja Nagata Saburo as he teaches his son, Hisaaki, the weapons, secret tactics, and values of the ninja. Based on the real-life writings of the famous ninja Hattori Hanzo, Secrets of...
by Sean Michael Wilson, Chie Kutsuwada
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Lee, living in Hong Kong, meets Matt, a fine young Englishman. Their relationship becomes stronger by the day, despite their deep cultural differences. But there is Lee’s Dad to contend with who views this affair very suspiciously. And there is another contender for Lee’s heart, a Chinese young...
The 47 Ronin
A Graphic Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Here is the first historically accurate graphic-novel version of a legendary event in Japanese history. In the eighteenth century, forty-seven samurai avenged the death of their master in a plot involving over two years of secrecy. After succeeding in their mission, the masterless samurai all committed...
by Nami Tamura, Sean Michael Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Finally Lee’s dream comes true, as she moves from her native Hong Kong to her dream location: the UK. And with her dream handsome guy: Matt. Exciting! But of course, then comes the reality of being in a new country, of actually living together, and that might not be so easy, especially as Matt’s...
Bushido (Graphic Novel)
The Soul of the Samurai
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
This graphic novel version of the cult classic Bushido brings the timeless secrets of the samurai to life. First published in the early 1900s, Bushido was the first book to introduce Westerners to the samurai ethos. Written by Inazo Nitobe, one of the foremost Japanese authors and educators of the...
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