Comments on: Think Future: Graphic Novels panel http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/25/think-future-graphic-novels-panel/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:41:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: The Beat http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/25/think-future-graphic-novels-panel/#comment-480260 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:46:00 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/25/think-future-graphic-novels-panel/#comment-480260 CHRIS. Seriously man, you need to go stand in the corner. Manga means comics. Manga means comic books. Just like you don't have to read Nora Roberts if you read books, you don't have to read teenaged manga if you read manga. Umezu, Tezuka, Yokoyama, Taiyo Matsumoto, Rumiko Takahashi, Erica Sakurazawa, Maiyocco Anno, Akira Toriyama, Kiyohiho Azuma....APOLLO'S SONG, YOTSUBA&!, DR. SLUMP, OCTUPUS GIRL, PUSHMAN....you need to educate yourself. CHRIS. Seriously man, you need to go stand in the corner.

Manga means comics. Manga means comic books. Just like you don’t have to read Nora Roberts if you read books, you don’t have to read teenaged manga if you read manga. Umezu, Tezuka, Yokoyama, Taiyo Matsumoto, Rumiko Takahashi, Erica Sakurazawa, Maiyocco Anno, Akira Toriyama, Kiyohiho Azuma….APOLLO’S SONG, YOTSUBA&!, DR. SLUMP, OCTUPUS GIRL, PUSHMAN….you need to educate yourself.

]]> by: Tom Spurgeon http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/25/think-future-graphic-novels-panel/#comment-480047 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:02:39 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/25/think-future-graphic-novels-panel/#comment-480047 Cool! Heidi's blog can receive comments from 1989. Cool! Heidi’s blog can receive comments from 1989.

]]> by: Christopher Moonlight http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/25/think-future-graphic-novels-panel/#comment-479967 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:16:40 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/25/think-future-graphic-novels-panel/#comment-479967 "* What is manga mania and how has it changed the U.S. book market?" This was just being talked about at Comic Mix. I've never been able to get into manga, and I don't know if it's truly going to last, here in America. I wonder both ways about it. Is it a sterile art form, never to evolve past it's endless, payed by the page story lines, or will it thrive forever in the spirit of the romance novel? Even though romance novels all have the same formula, they still hold the potential for endless possibilities, if in the hands of a skilled enough writer. They're versatile like that. The thing is, how many truly talented (versatile) manga writers are out there, vs. manga writers who are just recycling the same stuff over and over again? “* What is manga mania and how has it changed the U.S. book market?”

This was just being talked about at Comic Mix. I’ve never been able to get into manga, and I don’t know if it’s truly going to last, here in America. I wonder both ways about it. Is it a sterile art form, never to evolve past it’s endless, payed by the page story lines, or will it thrive forever in the spirit of the romance novel? Even though romance novels all have the same formula, they still hold the potential for endless possibilities, if in the hands of a skilled enough writer. They’re versatile like that. The thing is, how many truly talented (versatile) manga writers are out there, vs. manga writers who are just recycling the same stuff over and over again?

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