NEW The HAGIO Moto interview NEW

• The complete interview that was published in the July/August 2005 issue (#269) of The Comics Journal

Matt's Shôjo Manga Message Board

• Post a question, comment, notice, or review!

A Questionnaire

• Take a look at the questionnaire I conducted about about comic-reading practices

Do Manga Characters Really Look "White"?

• The Face of the Other: An Essay by Matt

Essays by Matt:

• "Shôjo Manga—Something for the Girls" (2001)
• What Shôjo Manga Are and Are Not (2004)
• An excerpt from "Girls and Women Getting Out of Hand: The Pleasure and Politics of Japan's Amateur Comics Community" (2004)
• "Shôjo manga no bungakusei tte, are no koto?" ("When You Say the Literariness of Girls' Comics, Do You Mean...?") (1998—Japanese only)
• "What Japanese Girls Do with Manga, and Why" (1997)
• "Unlikely Explorers: Alternative Narratives Of Love, Sex, Gender, and Friendship In Japanese 'Girls'' Comics" (1993)
• Matt's old Animerica columns ("Girls' Stuff," 1994-1995)

Other Info:

• A Sampler of Pre-World War II shôjo manga and illustration
• An article on my work from the Daily Yomiuri
• Matt's Book Shop (Now you can buy shôjo manga in English!)
• Recommended Shôjo Manga
• Shôjo Manga Magazines

Fannish Stuff:

• Autographed Sketches
• Photo Album

Essays by FUJIMOTO Yukari (Japanese Only):

• "Love Illusion" in Shôjo Manga
• "Boys' Love" in Shôjo Manga