What can save the USA comics industry?
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Every female character should have a huge wiener.
And they should all rape shotas
Death is mercy for you.
Less superheroes, better wages, creator ownership, MAYBE more reliance on black and white comics so that issues are cheaper
Manga went from 28% of the market to 76% of the market in 2 years.
Now, you could say that this signifies manga's success...but it's bettered attributed to the failure of comics.
At this rate American comics may as well close shop, because in one or two years they won't even be profitable anymore.
Looks like a blue Pac Man is eating the industry.
>comic with plots and art style from the 80s plus manga style showing action scenes.
My dream.
I blame wokeism, more expensive price, poor distribution and lack of new good ideas.
"Wokeism" has nothing to do with it, manga always had a pretty decent amount of represenation for sexual minorities... hell there are even genres dedicated entirely to gay romances
>manga always had a pretty decent amount of represenation for sexual minorities
Anon, you and I both know that those aren't the top selling manga.
All those listings of Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun suggests otherwise.
Which sexual minorities are in Toilet-bound Hanako?
I agree, i was just arguing that what you said was not a problem.. even though they're not best-selling that doesn't mean that they don't make up a share of the market. Those ones on your list are doing so well because each one is pretty unique and creative, they all tackle stuff in their own way and have diverse art-styles and character designs.. plus more relatable protagonists. The reality is that people who read comics are tired of the same old superheroes from the 60s fighting whoever, especially the younger generations...
>The reality is that people who read comics are tired of the same old superheroes from the 60s fighting whoever, especially the younger generations...
This is true, but also it turns out that people don't like being preached to either, and manga tends to avoid that.
Even the ones with gays in them tend to just be slice-of-life about a gay couple or unapologetic porn aimed at women and gay dudes instead of a soapbox for some shitty failed writer to air their grievances.
American comics will likely never learn this and will continue shoving annoying politics down people's throats because that's what 90% of American media has become; a vehicle for moronic American politics.
Here in france people have always read a lot of manga, and our comics are similar to them in a way that they usually just include minorities as casual people with their own struggles in a pretty natural way... I guess that what is happening in america is that a good chunk of its population just realised that puritanism and racism were actually kind of wrong and are now being way too preachy about it.. just like when a child discovers something new and starts telling everybody about it. Maybe its just part of your maturization as a society?
In murica people simply stopped reading comics and comics became a product for the niche audience of virgin neckbeards.
>I guess that what is happening in america is that a good chunk of its population just realised that puritanism and racism were actually kind of wrong and are now being way too preachy about it
Oh no, they just replaced their old puritanism and racism with a new form of puritanism and racism.
Notice that American comics are still really lame and censored when it comes to anything involving sex or nudity compared to their French or Japanese counterparts.
Frankly, anyone who thinks they're going to use comics to stop racism or misogyny is a genuine moron who seems to have the mindset of an actual toddler.
>a genuine moron who seems to have the mindset of an actual toddler.
Heh
https://twitter.com/Nnedi/status/1538922746318491649
Wokeism is not about represenation. Wokeism is about white men bad, minorities good and should rule the world.
Does Korean and Chinese stuff count as manga?
Well no, but actually yes.
Based on how the NPD breaks down categories, no.
Manhwa like Solo Leveling and The Abandoned Empress are included with other "author" GNs not associated with superheros, while manga is its own category.
>Superheroes dropped to 6%
The industry is healing.
dropped to 6%
>The industry is healing.
Yes, as the saying goes, "time heals all wounds."
>
(He has a point- we need an updated Archie comics or updated American style manga based in high school)
The problem with "American style manga based in high school" is that you'd need it to be made by someone young in order to be relatable.
American boomers somehow manage to be even more out-of-touch than Japanese boomers, so it's REALLY fricking obvious when a boomer is trying to write how they think teenagers talk.
Old people in America tend to have this weird idea that all teenagers and young people in America have the same behavior as hyper-liberal 20-something white women, which turns off basically the entire male audience.
That and you will NEVER see an Archie-style American comic that gives teen boys what they want nowadays.
>made by someone young in order to be relatable
Wrong. Look at all the YA garbage and than look at Harry Potter, Diary of a Wimpy Kid or Twilight novel series. The successfull IPs are made by old people who were 10+ away from their high school time.
>look at Harry Potter
Made by and for white women, who like the same shit from ages 10 to 50.
>Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Aimed at little kids, not young adults or even teens.
>Twilight
Same as Harry Potter.
If you want to attract a teen male audience, you need to do more than write embarrassing garbage where all the "teens" talk like their mother.
>who like the same shit from ages 10 to 50
Thats the point. People dont change that much. You just need to know what they want or how they act.
>Aimed at little kids, not young adults or even teens.
Ok, but you get my drift that age isnt the most important thing here.
>If you want to attract a teen male audience,
Than you need a good writer who knows how to write believable and is capable of understanding their target groups. Age is not that important.
Jim Shooter clones
Gee, I wonder why people would rather read manga.
Did you read the One Punch Man chapter that came out today? Absolutely phenomenal. It makes me wonder why our writers can't write like this.
Because they are not paid enough to give a frick about quality of work.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/aug/09/marvel-and-dc-face-backlash-over-pay-they-sent-a-thank-you-note-and-5000-the-movie-made-1bn
This is garbage, but better than what we have over here currently.
>This is garbage
Not with the proper context.
Saitama has never been angry or lost anyone close to him before, Genos' death flipped his switch.
The hype for the next chapter is huge.
>Not with the proper context.
I still can't believe this is a real unironic comic, and made by a fricking Mexican no less.
We wuz Aesir n sheit
Less superheroes more actual creativity
is that supposed to be his hair or his helmet?
Yes.
>done in one issue
>flat colors
>no gays
Marvel and DC should outsource their comics to Japan, it's the only way at this point
They try it once and nothing good came out.
Japan isn't some kind of magical country that only produces quality like Kobe beef and Nakazawa milk.
Japan makes a lot. And in that lot you'll find gems that are then brought to the forefront.
No, all they have to do is hire good artists, hire good writers and then (here comes the secret sauce): PAY THEM DECENT WAGES YOU FILTHY CAPPIE FRICKS.
Fantasy Wild West will be a jackpot.
Kill Marvel and DC.
We need a new CCA
More characters with sex appeal. Manga isn't afraid of fan service why are DC and Marvel such cowards now?
More comics of Superman being racist
Superman is already within an inch of cancellation because of how low his sales are. He would not survive a #SupermanGate
Better writers, better continuity controll.
My peenus weenus of course
Herding every liberal writer into camps
Sometimes it feels like the purpose of comics is solely to serve as source materials actual profitable mediums like video games, or movies can loosely based themselves on.
Erase all superhero shit forever
Closed down Marvel and Dc
Exclusively write actual genres like horror, fantasy, sci-fi, western, crime, romance, war etc like they did in the early days
Let it die.
Simple as.
>Hitler invading the USA in an ocean-going drilling machine
If I were running Marvel the wacky SCIENCE! comic book version of WW2 would be canon.