Manga Vs Western Comic

[bigone]

witch is better

imo manga

reason
all mangas have a consistency ie one Manga ka or Team [ In the Case of CLAMP] working on them all the way beginning to end more consistency = better better Story Telling you never see a Manga as Bad as Countdown or JLA act of God

you also get in manga the writer who creates the Character writeing the Character from beginning to end so you dont get things like How Wonder Woman acted when Jodi Picoult was Writing her or How Doug Moench writes other DC heros that are not Batman

 

[Oedipus 3000]

Oh this poll is not gonna end well.

Either way, I choose Manga for a few reasons.

1 I've prefered Black-n-white over color since I was a teenager.
2 Most american comic NEVER END!!! (some do though.)
3 sometimes you end up with superheroes doing things that normally they shouldn't be doing (Spider-man in space? why!?)

Now don't get me wrong, I have tons of love for American comic books, but most of the comic books being made just seem lifeless and dull, predictable and stale nowadays.

Okay, so I'm gonna sit over here and wait for the rants to start up. *munches on some popcorn*

 

[Josh]

I wish you added an 'Equal' option, because I really do love both for their qualities. I'm going to have to go with Western Comics though.

 

[orphen20]

No one beats manga.

 

[Chris]

Western comics. Not a fan of manga.

 

[Darkster]

I like some comics, but they mostly are too long and inconsistent, so I'm going to have to say manga.

 

[Bouken Green]

Manga easily.

 

[Lynxara]

you never see a Manga as Bad as Countdown or JLA act of God

:laugh: Oh, how I envy your innocence....

By the way, if you want to criticize Western comics? You might not want to just recycle Linkara lines. The guy admits up-front that he exaggerates for comic effect. If you honestly think Act of God sums up the entire career of a veteran talent like Moench, you are horribly ignorant.

Linkara also doesn't talk about indy comics very often, which tend to be much better than the vast majority of manga. American indy comics tend to be creator-owned and creator-published rather than the result of collaboration between a creator and editor. So no Shounen Jump just telling Kurumada-sensei that no, **** off, you can't actually finish Saint Seiya.

I'll feed the troll by saying that the best American indy comics absolutely kick the **** out most manga. The only mangaka I've seen that produced work on par with Jeff Smith or David Mazzucchelli is goddamn Tezuka himself. I've read only a tiny handful of long-form manga, ever, that offered the depth of feeling or nuance of even the worst Alan Moore stories.

 

[bigone]

:laugh: Oh, how I envy your innocence....

By the way, if you want to criticize Western comics? You might not want to just recycle Linkara lines. The guy admits up-front that he exaggerates for comic effect. If you honestly think Act of God sums up the entire career of a veteran talent like Moench, you are horribly ignorant.

Linkara also doesn't talk about indy comics very often, which tend to be much better than the vast majority of manga. American indy comics tend to be creator-owned and creator-published rather than the result of collaboration between a creator and editor. So no Shounen Jump just telling Kurumada-sensei that no, **** off, you can't actually finish Saint Seiya.

I'll feed the troll by saying that the best American indy comics absolutely kick the **** out most manga. The only mangaka I've seen that produced work on par with Jeff Smith or David Mazzucchelli is goddamn Tezuka himself. I've read only a tiny handful of long-form manga, ever, that offered the depth of feeling or nuance of even the worst Alan Moore stories.

im a huge fan of Both Mediums i own a lot of Super Hero comics and i like Alan Moore's work But you say Except the kami no manga No other manga ka can Create Good Characters and or Iconic Characters Nagai Ishinomori Tomino[maker of the of the most Complete in Cannon timeline that i know of The UC Gundam time line in manga and anime form over 110 Years covered ] and Since Except 52 No Comic has managed to Keep a Long standing
Timeline going and what about Shadamoto he Did for Manga What Moore did For Comics

Plus the Fact that all Comics are the Same Manga has More Genre to Pick From You Dont get a Comic about Fans for Fans like you do in manga for Example stuff Like Genshiken Comic Party or Lucky star and plus Comics can not make New Icons like Manga ka Can Does Suzumiya Haruhi mean anything to you and does the term Haruhist mean anything to you

FYI in know Suzumiya Haruhi stared as a Light Novel i own all of them

 

[Unknown 24]

Manga of Course!!!

Back in the late 1980's when Viz started to translate manga into English. I slowly backed away from western comics, I was tired of the "same ole, same ole situation" that was going on in Marvel's books. Same story every year, a few new characters and new villians all mixed in with the old,etc...

Viz published a few complete Graphic novels and I bought them. Happy as hell to see a story that was whole and complete!!! And too the art work was unique and very awesome!!!

It was a dream come true back in the late 1990's when manga started to be published into English and started to line the shelves at book stores everywhere!!!




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