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   From: arnoldkim@optonline.net   
      
   "Ping Kuo"  wrote in message   
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   > In article , Relic   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> case, I think that if manga are regularly appearing in   
   >> Publisher's Weekly Top 150 and book stores like Borders and   
   >> Waldenbooks devote large amounts of shelf space to it,   
   >> then it has gone somewhat beyond "niche". Of course,   
   >   
   > I just found it "interesting", that as manga cover all subjects,   
   > including yaoi which targeting female, and can be found in most major   
   > bookstores, while consistently dominating the GN selling charts, comic   
   > is still pretty much dominated by superhero titles which target males,   
   > and can be found mostly only in speciality comic stores, w/ a very   
   > sagging sales record in GN, and it is calling manga "only one slice of   
   > the comics business" and a "niche interest"?   
      
   Comparing manga sales to graphic novel sales isn't entirely fair, given that   
   most domestic GNs are reprints of recent issues, while the manga are first   
   release (in the US).  And while pamphlet sales are way down, the industry   
   still 200 or 300 million dollars off them in a given year, which is hard to   
   ignore.  That's going to take a bite out of GN demand.   
      
   Manga is still somewhat niche in terms of general public   
   exposure/consciousness as compared to sales.  I mean, Marvel Editor in Chief   
   Joe Quesada showed up on The Daily Show to discuss the events of Civil War!   
   Manga ia not likely to approach something like that any time soon.   
      
   > they are complaining because a comic story w/ a rape, that remind me of   
   > the infamous Supergirl masturbation claim, (only in their minds.)  some   
   > people have too much time in their hands.  I guess they want comic to   
   > remain a kid thing, which is exactly why manga had been making grounds   
   > on the comic in the west for the last decade.   
      
   US comics are less and less kid friendly by the day.  The average age of a   
   comic book purchaser is over 20 years old.   
      
   Sorry if I seem a little defensive here, just that there seems to be a kind   
   of elitism by anime/manga fans when it comes to American comics.   
      
   Arnold Kim   
      
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