From: miles@gnu.org   
      
   "Aje RavenStar"  writes:   
   > Are there any graphic stories of US origin - whether 'manga'   
   > style or otherwise -  that have been translated, imported, and had any   
   > success in Japan, and which ones?  Not offerings from the big dogs like   
   > Disney, DC, Marvel - we'll assume those, since they have the money and   
   > marketing to push product at will instead of demand driven - but less   
   > mainstream things, such as Elfquest.   
      
   Have even the "big dogs" had _any_ success in Japan with comics /   
   graphic stories (companies like disney have been successful in other   
   ways)?   
      
   What I find depressing is the way classic well regarded stuff like   
   Tintin has essentially been turned into a source of bland images on bath   
   towels in Japan... (and I emphasize _bland_ -- there are lots of great   
   scenes from Tintin books that I'd personally love to have on a bath   
   towel, but they never, ever, choose those ones :-( ).   
      
   -Miles   
      
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