Do you read US comics, too?

[typing]

Ooh baby ooh baby

Cut my teeth on that stuff, I've got Archie, Garfeild, Spiderman, Batman, Superman, X-men, Gambit issue #1, Wolvereen, and the new Runaways which is pretty good.
I do it underground too as I've got some olf american B&W comics that I can't remember the name of now (One involves a smoking rabbit and a goose)
Sandman and some other Neil Gaiman creation about God and Angels.
I love those old school comics.

My love of Manga comes from that, and in that the Japanese comics have a new and different story to tell. My fave manga is always the stuff that has that american dark story feel. "Monster" and "20th century boys" but at the same time characters that are more diverse then the american Bad Guy Vs Good Guy.

[MMM]

Originally Posted by kunitokotachi

I'm curious, there are a lot of people who want to go to Japan because they read manga or watched Anime. Well my question is how many people outside of the U.S. wanted to come to the U.S. after reading American manga or watching American Anime like: Avengers, X-men, Justice League, Batman, The Avatar, etc.?

Great question! Probably not so many, as American life is more "accurately" seen in TV and movies, but not as many shows and movies are seen outside of Japan. For many, manga and anime is the only window to Japan, accurate or not.

[typing]

Anyone ever read Captian Canuck?

I'm pretty sure I'm the only person in the world to have read that one.

I hear people say that American comics are hard to get into, which can be true, part of the reason that Manga got to be diverse is because the American comic code killed the industry for anyone over the age of 12.

However there are alot of underground comics that have interesting plots and are very deep.

Frankly I can't think of any right now, but I know they're out there because I've read them.

I just hanv't read them in a while since I've been away from my collection for a few years.

[Sinner]

I read both of them!

[kunitokotachi]

Originally Posted by MMM

Great question! Probably not so many, as American life is more "accurately" seen in TV and movies, but not as many shows and movies are seen outside of Japan. For many, manga and anime is the only window to Japan, accurate or not.

You have a point there. To tell you the truth I cannot recall any Japanese movies other than some of the legendary films such as Shichinin no Samurai by Kurosawa Akira. I'm assuming when other countries view American they see American the way we are portrayed in the movies. It would be interesting though to see if guys like Stan Lee made people from countries all over the world want to save up their money, study English, and become a comic book artist in America.

[ryuchi]

naw, i'm only addicted to manga.

[koaku]

I forgot iron man...

[MageYuri387]

Nope. They bore me to death. Good ol' manga for me.

[Odin]

Originally Posted by typing

Ooh baby ooh baby

I do it underground too as I've got some olf american B&W comics that I can't remember the name of now (One involves a smoking rabbit and a goose)
Sandman and some other Neil Gaiman creation about God and Angels.
I love those old school comics.

Cigarette smoking rabbit and beer drinking goose.
Cigarro & Cerveja, by Tony Esteves (Canadian webcomic)

Article
Home Page

[EveV]

Originally Posted by kunitokotachi

You have a point there. To tell you the truth I cannot recall any Japanese movies other than some of the legendary films such as Shichinin no Samurai by Kurosawa Akira. I'm assuming when other countries view American they see American the way we are portrayed in the movies. It would be interesting though to see if guys like Stan Lee made people from countries all over the world want to save up their money, study English, and become a comic book artist in America.

Of course there is people like that. As much as people say they hate Americans they sure do keep coming over here. It's like people who listen to Britney spears but hate her guts. ( Which is so offtopic )
There is also Americans in America that'd cut their leg off to have the time and money to go to a California comic con. << Like me.