Understandable point.
Japanese comics certainly managed to escape the negative perception of being only a single type of genre which the american comics have been suffering from for decades now.
While there are also still negative stereotypes associated with the western readership of japanese comics too, the general perception seems to have largely shifted towards applying them towards a perceived fringe group of readers rather than universaly.
Meanwhile it seems public perception towards american comics is still that if they aren't for small children, they are all just super hero genre works and those in turn are only read by "nerdy" single men, who buy them from shops run by a version of the "comicbook guy" from The Simpsons.
To say nothing of the whole "those are not comics they are graphic novels" situation.
She seems to be a class in her own right given that creating multiple successfull unrelated series of different genres over 40 years is a feat even rare for many successfull male creators.
It should also be considered that there seems to be a constant cultural exchange between the east and west when it comes to the creation of comics and cartoons. Even if not always directly.
Last edited by Grunty; 08-13-2023 at 05:10 PM.
Comics are also confusing to read with you having to jump from one book to another to get the whole story and most comic fans hate the stories they read and complain about how bad everything is and how it was once better.
And the 90's gimmick of buying issue 1's left a bad taste in people's mouths.
yup dealing with this now with my amazing spider-man re-read now that I'm in the college era I gotta jump between Asm and PP Spectacular to get the full story and that still not enough. Cause Peter still reference stuff from Marvel Team up and I dont even bother to look for that. Plus those old issues dont even tell you when an annual is happening either
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"I need a reason to take the mask off."-Peter Parker
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Manga has an extremely wide range of genres, and is aimed at a broad range of ages. There is manga aimed at kids, manga aimed at teens, and manga for adults/young adults. You've got Doraemon for kids, and you've got stuff like Master Keaton for adults (an older manga series about a guy who is a brilliant archeologist - most of the stories involve long discussions about European history or art). I don't think it's possible to make the argument that manga is either primarily "for kids" or "for adults," when there are so many different series aimed at different age groups. It's like trying to argue that American animation is either "for kids" or "for adults" when we've got both My Little Pony and Bojack Horseman.