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That one time Disney mentioned Buck cluck from chicken little on Fathers Day via a twitter post

Surprised no votes for chicken little

I think the biggest problem is people take what marvel/dc do and act like there just how American comics work when that only applies to those two. Image comics is completely creator owned its not an IP house like the big two.

It feels like an awkward transition to go from watching anime to then watching American cartoons and noticing how many Are just wacky sitcoms

That stigma wont change until the big companies start reinforcing it and telling people its true

Most adult animation is just crude immature sitcoms which makes it seem like the adult stuff has to be more childish than the kids stuff

for American animation the problem is a lot of big business guys overlook it and see it as being just for kids how many times do we have a segment at the Oscars where someone makes a joke about cartoons being something kids enjoy while adults must tolerate it

darkknight109 posted...

Because most of western animation is designed for kids/families, and the ones that aren't are nearly all parodical comedies (The Simpsons set the tone for this, and South Park, Family Guy, and the like followed). There are exceptions, of course, but they are rare.

By contrast, in anime you can quite easily find works designed for pretty much any demographic and genre. You are much less pigeonholed into the "kids show or Simpsons clone" box.

too many Simpsons clones.

That excludes indie comics which just operate however they want but marvel/dc are corporate toy boxes where different teams get to handle different characters and eventually another team takes over Lets also note that no matter how much research you do there will always be so much you dont know about Marvel/dc

The thing with marvel/dc is theres no definitive spot to start reading Ive realized unlike manga so anyone asking where to begin will get various different answers thats just how it is. Some people started reading spidey this way others read him that way.

JOExHIGASHI posted...

They're much more blunt with their themes so it's easier to digest.

Eh i wouldnt say that

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Viz media promotes digital services far better than marvel/dc and thats something I feel has to change because comic book shops arent everywhere

Ill give you animation though because it doesnt really seem like good cartoons get much of a chance in the streaming age

Just because some writers get screwed doesnt mean it isnt a toy box its literally a treasure trove of characters Editorial passes around and also love or hate them if they dont do well they take the comic book industry down with them because smaller publishers dont have the market share they do. They lack the funds/resources to go beyond being the little guy

its part of the package. Independent comics dont have that but again they arent financed by mister money bags so people online will keep acting like they dont exist I think its fair not to scold marvel/dc for not being more like manga when its been a toy box for decades. This guy gets a crack at spider-man and once the series concludes they put all the toys back in the box so the next writer can play with them You dont get that with indies or manga because its a different system

last reboot dc did was 2011 and to my knowledge marvel isnt really known for reboots instead they work with a sliding timescale so to say the big two do reboots often wouldnt be the truth Also American comics have books that operate like manga they just dont have marketing money from Disney/WBD to make you aware of them

point is a superhero book can be many different things its not a genre but something to place genres upon

Superhero isnt a genre like horror or comedy because ghost rider is a radically different book from amazing spider-man. The same can be said at dc. Comparing Constantine to Batman

slacker03150 posted...

They are comics, a popular story telling medium, that provides stories that are not the usual dc/marvel superhero mess. They usually have stories with a beginning, middle, and end instead of going on for 80 years and getting retconned repeatedly to keep it going. They are relatively cheap and accessible and don't require a specialty store to buy them.

Theres more to American comics than just marvel/dc if what they do bothers you then you can read some indie comics from image Also price wise are we comparing the manga volumes to single issues? because that would be silly

I quit getting marvel comics monthly floppies years ago but I still read them via the marvel unlimited app I read more than I ever did back then for just $9.99 per month

Ive always wondered that

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