american comics vs. japanese anime

[soulanubis666]

i hate american comics...the main characters r always so muscular that its gross...the guys r so ripped that it looks lyk they have man boobs...and the chicks r so muscular that they look lyk dykes(ex.wonder woman)

[Bun_ny]

[Dark Lilly]

LOL I don't know. I always kind of liked X-Men and .... oh .... what was the name of their Canadian counterparts..... drat. The leader was a cool lady with a maple leaf unitard.

Still, I must admit the super hero coutume thing is pretty trite.

[Bun_ny]

*sigh* okok... if I must...I have a collection of old WARRIOR NUN comics. They're...the weirdest things ever......

[soulanubis666]

*sigh* okok... if I must...I have a collection of old WARRIOR NUN comics. They're...the weirdest things ever......

hmm...warrior nun eh...iv never heard of those comics b4...

[Otaku_Demise]

i personally only like a few differnt american comics [the punisher, 100 bullets, sin city] but i would prefer manga anyday.

[Little Bit]

I've never read any american comics...
I only read manga and books.

[Dark Lilly]

It's been years since I looked at a comic. Had a boyfriend who was really into it and so I kind of got into a couple series. Forerunner to my interest in Anime I guess. And yeah, manga is a similar yet, to my mind, superior form of storytelling.



Hmmmmm... Given the turn this discussion has taken, it should probably be moved to the Manga and Book forum.

[darkdriver]

All right, the darkdriver has returned and is here to help!

Darl Lilly, you're thinking of Alpha Flight. I liked them too back when John Byrne and Marty Pasko were the writers. (They're two of my favorite writers--a guilty pleasure .)

My recommendations, for those who want to try American comics (a * indicates a mature readers title):

Femforce
Gold Digger
Ninja High School
Sonic the Hedgehog
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Street Fighter
Nodwick
Dork Tower
Jane's World*
Knights of the Dinner Table
Boneyard
Furrlough
Shanda the Panda*
Katmandu
Extinctioners

all good reads I regularly order every time I see them in Previews.

[Ashitaka]

man i really dont like american comics. they're too dark, have no expression, and all the characters look the same.

manga over american any day

[darkdriver]

man i really dont like american comics. they're too dark, have no expression, and all the characters look the same.

Pal, you're as entitled to your opinion as much as anyone else...
...but if you really think that Knights of the Dinner Table, Elvira, Sonic, and Furrlough look like one another...
...all I can say in response is: Lenscrafters.

[Panda*]

I don't read American comics much, it sucks. I like mangas better!

[Ashitaka]

man i really dont like american comics. they're too dark, have no expression, and all the characters look the same.

Pal, you're as entitled to your opinion as much as anyone else...
...but if you really think that Knights of the Dinner Table, Elvira, Sonic, and Furrlough look like one another...
...all I can say in response is: Lenscrafters.

thanx, but i have contacts. and thats my oppion, dont like it? too damn bad

[Kou Akabane]

I was never in to the American stuff that much other then an occasional look at a few of the old Marvel comics.. but I dun like their animation at all... I definately would prefer manga anyday ^_^;

[Azuria]

I have to agree. American Comics, in my opinion, looks dull. We have a Punisher and X-man comics here and I never liked it. I did like The Punisher a little, though, but that's it. Manga comics are much more fun to read and more clearer to understand. I have 3 volumes of Slam Dunk here!

[darkdriver]

Sheesh...Ashitaka, I'm just replying wryly.

And Azuria...as my list shows, there's more to comics than the excrement being shoveled monthly from New York.
When I mentioned American comics, I was in no way talking about Marvel or DC. I might pick up the odd title that piques my interest (last DC series: My Faith in Frankie; last Marvel series: the currently-running GLA--and even then I didn't know they would be "Crisis"-ing those heroes, the bastards).

To be a bit clearer...
Femforce--AC Comics (Florida)
Gold Digger--Antarctic Press (Texas)
Ninja High School--Antarctic Press (Texas)
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark--Claypool Comics (California)
Shanda the Panda, Katmandu, & Extinctioners--Shanda Fantasy Arts (Arkansas)

The only superhero title I regularly buy is Femforce--and that's because Bill and Rebekah Black (the couple that own AC Comics and do much of the work for the company) haven't "Crisis"-ed their title. That, and that they have no aversion to letting writers bring in their own creator-owned characters for a story run. They're good people that way.

As for the rest...KoDT & Dork Tower are gaming comics. The rest are mainly furries or American "manga"--and not a superhero title among them! (I prefer dramas with some comedic elements...the kind of thing manga is famous for having.)

So again I recommend American comics. Here's an idea: go to a gaming store or regular comics store--and simply avoid every book with Marvel, DC, Image, and Dark Horse on the cover. Check out what else they have besides those. (If the comics shop doesn't have a lot besides those four...that's a comics shop that's treading water for certain.)
And for another specific recommendation: Peebomanga Volume One from Antarctic Press. Fred Perry is a great artist and writer; you can't go wrong with his work.

That's all I'm asking. Give the titles I pointed out in my prior post and Peebomanga a try. Take a look at them. What's the worst that can happen to you for just looking at Gold Digger, for example?

Just give American comics a try is all I'm asking. Yes, there's a lot of excrement in American comics; I've said that in other threadcities, even sparked a mini-debate in another threadcity over this issue. But there's a lot of fun books as well. Just give the titles I recommend a chance.