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Halfway Home
So, continuing with the "outsiders in Japan" theme, today I'm reccing Halfway Home: Drawing My Way Through Japan by Christine Mari Inzer, the teenage daughter of a Japanese mother and an American father. In Christine's words, "This book is a compilation of drawings, sketches, and comics I made while in Japan [visiting her maternal grandparents]. The title refers to my somewhat feeling half at home in both Japan and America, being born to parents of both countries."
It's really cute and charming, and I think it's impressive that she wrote and published the book as a teenager. (The trip she describes in the book took place in 2013 shortly before she turned 16, and was published in 2014.) In contrast to The Good Shufu, it's a good deal more humorous and lighthearted--not surprisingly, since Christine has family ties to Japan and was only visiting there for one summer, while Tracy Slater was making a permanent home in a country that was completely alien to her.
And once again, fans of Grace Buchele Mineta's webcomic/books will probably like ths book as well. It has a similar humorous vibe and sketchy, cartoonish artwork, although Christine's drawings tend to be more detailed than Grace's.
It's really cute and charming, and I think it's impressive that she wrote and published the book as a teenager. (The trip she describes in the book took place in 2013 shortly before she turned 16, and was published in 2014.) In contrast to The Good Shufu, it's a good deal more humorous and lighthearted--not surprisingly, since Christine has family ties to Japan and was only visiting there for one summer, while Tracy Slater was making a permanent home in a country that was completely alien to her.
And once again, fans of Grace Buchele Mineta's webcomic/books will probably like ths book as well. It has a similar humorous vibe and sketchy, cartoonish artwork, although Christine's drawings tend to be more detailed than Grace's.