Comments on: Speaking of Major Dailies http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/27/speaking-of-major-dailies/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:50:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Al http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/27/speaking-of-major-dailies/#comment-579557 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:29:23 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/27/speaking-of-major-dailies/#comment-579557 There are two solitudes about Manga. It is a comic or it is a manga. There seems to be a total disconnect about it. Is the market really that black and white? As in, defining a comic as either a superhero title; or not, therefore lumping manga into the "anything that is not a superhero" pile? Wow. Other entertainment media seems to be able to mix genres and get an audience. What has happened to comics? Hardening of the attitudes? There are two solitudes about Manga. It is a comic or it is a manga.

There seems to be a total disconnect about it. Is the market really that black and white?

As in, defining a comic as either a superhero title; or not, therefore lumping manga into the “anything that is not a superhero” pile?
Wow.

Other entertainment media seems to be able to mix genres and get an audience. What has happened to comics?

Hardening of the attitudes?

]]> by: meg http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/27/speaking-of-major-dailies/#comment-578963 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:28:40 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/27/speaking-of-major-dailies/#comment-578963 I was delighted to see the review, esp. since I'm thinking of having students use it in a class I'm teaching next year. But -- as I'm about to write to Geoff Boucher -- he's way off base sounding the death knell for print comics; I don't know a single grade-schooler who doesn't read manga by the skipload. He's thinking too narrowly if comics ends with superheroes. I was delighted to see the review, esp. since I’m thinking of having students use it in a class I’m teaching next year.

But — as I’m about to write to Geoff Boucher — he’s way off base sounding the death knell for print comics; I don’t know a single grade-schooler who doesn’t read manga by the skipload. He’s thinking too narrowly if comics ends with superheroes.

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