Comments on: Ongoing Mary Jane series http://freakcomics.com/2005/08/26/ongoing-mary-jane-series/ Weblog and all original comics. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:44:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Joe http://freakcomics.com/2005/08/26/ongoing-mary-jane-series/#comment-23 Joe Sat, 03 Sep 2005 18:47:54 +0000 http://freakcomics.com/?p=107#comment-23 'Maybe I should be more specific: Mixing Japanese styles in to an already well established American style comic book is a bad idea. I don't want to see Spider-Man drawn in manga style. Maybe this title would go over well in Japan, but to an American fan that has followed Spider-Man since before the anime invasion... no thanks. Then again, it might be a brilliant move by Marvel. After all, the comic is obviously meant to appeal to a younger audience (teen drama) and that same younger audience is more in to anime. ‘Maybe I should be more specific:

Mixing Japanese styles in to an already well established American style comic book is a bad idea. I don’t want to see Spider-Man drawn in manga style. Maybe this title would go over well in Japan, but to an American fan that has followed Spider-Man since before the anime invasion… no thanks.

Then again, it might be a brilliant move by Marvel. After all, the comic is obviously meant to appeal to a younger audience (teen drama) and that same younger audience is more in to anime.

]]> By: Aya Ayuvara http://freakcomics.com/2005/08/26/ongoing-mary-jane-series/#comment-21 Aya Ayuvara Fri, 02 Sep 2005 14:38:10 +0000 http://freakcomics.com/?p=107#comment-21 I don't agree with what you say about mixing styles. US-Style Comics mix quite well with Manga Style effects and storytelling. It give comics something fresh and new. Sure it may turn off some readers who dislike such effects (like sweatdrops). However it will also attract readers, simply because it's different. It's not the same style as seen everywhere. New techniques are employed and tested well. Just look at the way how storytelling changed in US comics over the last 10 years. There has been a heavy influence by the often more cinematic japanese way of storytelling in mangas. This especially becomes obvious, when looking at "american mangas" like for example Darkminds (if you know that series). Now, I have to admit I have been quite a manga freak for a few years of my life, basically consuming everything that appeared (over here in germany - and german manga market was or is still booming), but over time I started being picky here, too. Nowadays I only read one manga, but again many US-comics. I like to see how the style changes, adapts popular elements from other styles and fuses into something new. I don’t agree with what you say about mixing styles. US-Style Comics mix quite well with Manga Style effects and storytelling. It give comics something fresh and new. Sure it may turn off some readers who dislike such effects (like sweatdrops). However it will also attract readers, simply because it’s different. It’s not the same style as seen everywhere. New techniques are employed and tested well.
Just look at the way how storytelling changed in US comics over the last 10 years. There has been a heavy influence by the often more cinematic japanese way of storytelling in mangas. This especially becomes obvious, when looking at “american mangas” like for example Darkminds (if you know that series).

Now, I have to admit I have been quite a manga freak for a few years of my life, basically consuming everything that appeared (over here in germany - and german manga market was or is still booming), but over time I started being picky here, too. Nowadays I only read one manga, but again many US-comics.
I like to see how the style changes, adapts popular elements from other styles and fuses into something new.

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