Comic Books VS Manga, which do you prefer?

[boag]

I like both, but I enjoy the Variety in manga more. BTW Manga and Comic books are the same thing.

 

[Arina Love]

Manga. I just don't see appeal of american comics.

 

[Sly13]

Manga because it' much easier to get into than comics and in general, to me at least, the are more fun.

 

[TrevHead]

I like both, but I enjoy the Variety in manga more.

It depends on the demographic. The stuff thats popular with okatu is imo the most mind numbing cliche ridden rubbish and makes the worst Hollywood teen flick seem avant gard.

If youve seen one harem anime/ manga, youve seen them all

 

[BreakfastMan]

I prefer american comix. Much of the manga I see at my local library seems to blend together... I cannot count the number of boring shoujo/samurai/harem manga I have seen. It might be because manga tend to have very misleading/uninteresting titles. Also, I just do not know what is good. I can select any title at random, but the chances of it being anything worth reading are usually slim... At least with 'merican comix, I know what/who to look for.

 

[boag]

I like both, but I enjoy the Variety in manga more.

It depends on the demographic. The stuff thats popular with okatu is imo the most mind numbing cliche ridden rubbish and makes the worst Hollywood teen flick seem avant gard.

If youve seen one harem anime/ manga, youve seen them all

Its all a matter of personal tastes, and no not all harem stories are the same, Seto no Hayanome and The World God Only knows breaks lots of conventions, while at the same time providing enough meta humor to make critical passes at their medium and culture.

 

[FatalFox]

I can't stand the japanese art style honestly, so I'll stick to the non-Japanese, but then again I don't read comic books cuz their kinda weird as MovieBob would put it, I DO however watch non-Japanese cartoons on TV, and really enjoying those.
So I guess my answer is neither, I prefer non-Japanese animated shows and webcomic strips.
(I call it non-japanese because there arent just japan and US that makes great comics)

 

[RandV80]

I love manga and anime that has that 90s/ 00s dark gritty cyberpunk style of Akira, Sci-fi mech or medievil Japan, I dont usually go for most of the highschool otaku shit thats popular now.

Current fave manga. Gantz & Tenjho Tenge (both have great artwork) Deadman wonderland,

Im getting more drawn to Korean Manwa nowadays like Id

BTW Ild give my left nut for Platinum Games to make a Gantz game, that manga is just ripe for converting into the most awesome superman-eske hack and slasher ever. Its pack with enough cool weapons and vehicles that would make batman blush

Yeah I gotta give a serious shout out to Manhwa here, Korea's version of Manga which is mostly the same in format to manga except its read left to right. But the real difference I find is that Manhwa is basically where Manga was 10 years ago before it started collapsing in on itself catering to the hard core otaku types. Yeah there's still some good new stuff that comes out, but so much of it seems to try and cater to someones fetish.

For the actual topic question for me it's not so much the medium as it is the genre, and the genre I like is fantasy. And as far as the medium giving me the genre I like I definitely have to take the Korean side especially with their relatively no format known as webtoons, an online format that rather than reads by pages is one big image that scrolls from top to bottom, and always in full colour! It may not match up to a GRRM or Stephen Erikson novel, a game like Neverwinter Nights or Elder Scrolls, or whatever, but I'm well served with original manhwa webtoon series like Tower of God, Magician, Kubera, Paladin, and so on.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

I like both, can I say both? No?

Well fine then.

I like comics more only because that's what I grew up with, mainly the X-Men comics, and I loved The Sandman. Yeah I know that's a graphic novel, but it's still amazing. I like manga, it hits that sweet spot if I want to read something weird or if I wanted to read the manga of an anime that I like. But I will always go back to comics, like right now I'm reading The Penguin, and holy hell it's insane!

 

[Robert Ewing]

Never found much charm in comic books. Always loved Manga though. Yes some Manga is absolutely god awful, but I find a lot of stories that Manga provides very relevant to my tastes. Comic books have never really been that for me.

 

[V8 Ninja]

While I don't find myself reading much of any drawn, panel-based books, I tend to lean more towards manga, mostly because (A); the stories tend to be more unique/self-contained, and (B); you usually get more pages/story for your money.

 

[Hazy992]

Well, I definitely like manga better than the American superhero comics with their ridiculously complex continuities and lack of a single story. (Note that I do not like manga/anime like Naruto and Bleach for this very reason)

This is exactly why I stopped reading Bleach. It just got ridiculous and I got fed up with it.

It didn't make sense that even after

Spoiler

Aizen was defeated

it had a whole other arc.

And yeah the continuities are just ridiculous with American comics. The 'New 52' DC reboot was nothing short of a blessing.

 

[Vault101]

Comic Easily, as to why? Well Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrisson, Warren Ellis, Mark Millar and Garth Ennis. They're possibly the most creative people I've come across working today in any medium. And that's without going into the Artist and the lesser series.

Seriously Mange may be more popular and it's industry isn argueable healthier but if anyone tries to tell you it's definitively better or more original, then they're just plain wrong.

High five, especially for Warren Ellis. No manga will ever even approach something as superb as Transmetropolitan.

I've yet to read a manga that was really well written. There's a lot of style, never really much substance. Most are inane, and others too contrived to really be that interested.

To each their own though, I guess.

HI FIVE!!

seriously..find me a manga with a "bowel disruptor" or "Jesus sneakers" and mabye Ill give it a go

 

[Jenitals]

I find manga more appealing because I like anything funny and whilst comic writers haven't tried their hands at humour and manga has its share of angsty series I live for comedy and the only comics I've ever really laughed at were the Deadpool series. Also I find the depiction of feminity to be more absurd in comics. The need for wide hips and above standard breasts along with the over-sexualised poses just make me feel like I'm not part of the wanted audience as none of these appeal to me. I know this happens in manga but at least male characters get the same treatment to some degree.

However in comics, the characters I do like tend to be more built up with deeper back stories and likeable or at least ineresting personalities whcih happens less in manga.

 

[Ashsaver]

seriously..find me a manga with a "bowel disruptor" or "Jesus sneakers" and mabye Ill give it a go

Well, there is a manga where Buddha and Jesus are living together in modern day Japan.

*EDIT also Jesus wears sneakers....and bunny ears

 

[Mariakko]

I prefer Manga. I tried comic books but I just did not like the story and characters in them and there also seemed to be way too much American patriotism in them and that just makes me gag.

 

[Sion_Barzahd]

Never been that into the superhero scene really, and definately not enough to keep up with the story so American comics never really had a massive appeal to me.
I know there are american comics that don't have the whole superhero thing too, but i've yet to come across one that holds my interest.

So yeah i prefer manga. Not a great reason for it other than i tend to enjoy the writing and art much more.

 

[Amberella]

I like them both but Manga is my choice. :3 As I so happen to have just received my Sailor Moon Vol. 3 in the mail today. :3