March 27, 2012
The mystery of the missing Stonehenge megaliths
The new manga book set in the British Museum has an uncanny plot resemblance (entirely coincidentally), to MP Andrew George’s failed April 1st EDM from 2009.
From:
Londonist
Manga Preview: Professor Munakata’s British Museum Adventure
By M@ · November 21, 2011 at 15:30 pmWe’re not going to pretend some deep-seated knowledge of manga that we don’t possess, but this new release looks intriguing whether you’re a fan of the artform or not. Hoshino Yukinobu’s latest Professor Munakata adventure has the eponymous ethnologist unravelling the ‘mystery of the missing Stonehenge megaliths and the threats to the British Museum’s treasured holdings’.
This Friday (25 November) the Museum holds a special event to mark the novel’s release in English. Nicole Rousmaniere will describe the Museum’s role in the creation of the story (excerpts were displayed there two years ago), while Paul Gravett, Director of Comica Festival, places the book into a wider context.
The discussion about Professor Munakata’s British Museum Adventure takes place at 6.30pm on 25 November at the British Museum. Tickets are £5/£3. The story can be purchased here.
- The Stone Henge megaliths have been stolen… Manga takes on the British Museum : October 21, 2010
- Professor Munakata Tadakusa meets the British Museum : March 22, 2012
- British Museum publishes its first Manga title : March 19, 2012
- The Manga, the Museum & the Marbles : March 13, 2012
- The Early Day Motion that wasn’t : April 1, 2009
- Early Day Motion on the Stone Henge fragments in Greece : April 1, 2009
- Mary Beard to lecture in Chicago : October 17, 2008
- Collections present and absent at the New Acropolis Museum : November 13, 2009