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Korean Manhwa in America from “The Land Of The Morning Calm” and “The Axis of Evil”
What: A presentation by Professor Heinz Insu Fenkl on Korean comics (manhwa), in association with Metro Anime, as part of “MoCCA Mondays”.
When: Monday, March 20, 2006, 6:30–8:30 PM
Where: The Museum Of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA), 594 Broadway (btw E Houston & Prince St), Suite 401, New York NY 10012-3234, +1-212-254-3511
Admission: Free
Summary: Before the current manga “glut”, there were modest introductions of Asian comics to American audiences in the mid-1980s. While most of these were Japanese manga, several Korean titles were issued by a small company called Eastern Comics. These titles ranged from a fantasy martial arts comic, The Forbidden Kingdom, to Korea's #1 bestselling comic book, The Alien Baseball Team (released as Untouchables). All of Eastern's titles were translated by Mr. Heinz Insu Fenkl while he was a graduate student in cultural anthropology. With the recent influx of numerous Korean comics into the United States, Professor Fenkl, now an award-winning writer and a tenured professor of English, has begun to look northward and translate a few selected North Korean titles. In his illustrated lecture, Professor Fenkl will discuss the nature of the Korean comic-book culture and the unique and surprising quality of comics from North Korea.
About Professor Fenkl: Heinz Insu Fenkl is on the faculty of the State University of New York (SUNY), New Paltz. He is also the director of the Interstitial Studies Institute (ISIS) and a member of the Endicott Studio, an interdisciplinary organization devoted to the creation and support of mythic art.
Heinz Insu Fenkl
biography (on Endicott Studio site)
Heinz
Insu Fenkl home page
Directions: Museum Of Comic
and Cartoon Art (MoCCA)
594 Broadway (btw E Houston & Prince St), Suite 401
New York NY 10012-3234,
+1-212-254-3511
Near Puck Building
Near Prince St subway station (N, R & W lines)
Near Broadway-Lafayette St subway station (B, D, F & V lines)
Near Bleecker St subway station (6 line)
Near M1, M5, M6 & M21 surface bus routes