Thread: The Comic Books Discussion

ok so you're all ganna start saying.."COMIC BOOKS SUCK GTFO!!" or something but I'm just asking, why is there so much manga on the internet yet I've never seen a comic book site where you can read and download comic books from? don't say is because you can get comic books at stores...cause you can get mangas at stores to lots of mangas here have been licensed and you can still download em.
and if there are...tell me some??

Okay, I'm going to TRY and give an answer because I'm a NICE PERSON.

1) Most people who read comic books are the type of people who want to buy them, not download them, because they're nerds who live in their mother's basement and care about getting the first edition and crap like that.

2) American licenses of Japanese comics are way behind the Japanese releases or haven't released them at all.

3) American comic books suck, gtfo.

Originally Posted by Digital_Eon

1) Most people who read comic books are the type of people who want to buy them, not download them, because they're nerds who live in their mother's basement and care about getting the first edition and crap like that.

I download them...

Originally Posted by Digital_Eon

1) Most people who read comic books are the type of people who want to buy them, not download them, because they're nerds who live in their mother's basement and care about getting the first edition and crap like that.

Hahahaha...!!!! And people who read manga are not nerds at all, no? Nor do they want to buy their mangas, or are still supported by their parents, right?

Originally Posted by Digital_Eon

3) American comic books suck, gtfo.

Digi, I didn't know you could be a troll. XD

@Dante_obscuri:
my point exactly...

Hey, I like American comics. Spider-Man kicks ass.

Originally Posted by Dante Obscuri

Hahahaha...!!!! And people who read manga are not nerds at all, no? Nor do they want to buy their mangas, or are still supported by their parents, right?

Well, no, not quite as much. American comic book readers tend to be either kids or extreme nerds; Japanese comic readers can really be anyone who likes a story since they attract a large audience (plus I wouldn't say the entire Japanese population are nerds). Well, except the otaku. =P

Originally Posted by The Otaku002

Well you see I didn't really know where to post it really..so I did read the rules that are in announcements before posting though.

To be fair, its not quite his fault. Afterall, he is from Raleigh.

Originally Posted by The Otaku002

Well you see I didn't really know where to post it really..so I did read the rules that are in announcements before posting though.

You could have asked in the feedback section or just PM'ed a mod...

But anyways, I am kind of interested in the question as well. I would imagine its because of the differences in the crowd that is attracted to manga/comics too (as mentioned by Digi). Manga seems to attract more international interest, so it has a more vivacious online community (thus we see all the scanlations and translations as well). Also, comics are more closely associated with children and are specifically geared towards a younger crowd, while manga tends to hold a more respected role (in Japan, at least) and are geared for much wider audiences and have many more genres and age groups aimed at.

Meh. If it had been for Japanese comics we would have banned him on the spot. What makes Western comics that much different except for the fact that they aren't mentioned or discussed as much?