March 22, 2012
Professor Munakata Tadakusa meets the British Museum
More coverage of the new Manga comic book, with a storyline involving the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum.
From:
New Scientist
British Museum gets the manga treatment
17:17 1 November 2011
Cian O’Luanaigh, contributorMissing artefacts, a 200-year-old conspiracy, and a mysterious airship over London. Oh, and someone’s nicked Stonehenge…
Folklore and ethnology expert Professor Munakata Tadakusa certainly has his work cut out in Professor Munakata’s British Museum Adventure, the latest collection of comics from acclaimed manga artist Hoshino Yukinobu. Invited to give a talk at London’s British Museum, he soon finds himself investigating a plot to steal museum artefacts and return them to their “rightful” owners.
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