Robama Wants You to Buy American

[Robert Ewing]

Yeahhh... Most places I've been in my entire life time, the term 'buy American' is probably equal to the term 'buy Nigerian' or 'buy Cambodian.' Not exactly a by-word for quality, satisfaction, or economically sound. Sorry, just ain't.

 

[Risingblade]

Doesn't a volume of manga cost more than a comic? Has more pages too...

 

[Jodah]

...but DC stories are, by and large, shit right now. They're in the middle of a reboot that's a reboot but not a complete reboot and some people aren't rebooted at all but maybe they are and what is this i don't even.

Manga (generally) keeps itself much more coherent by virtue of the simple fact that it's the same person behind the series, from start to end. Most of them (Bleach aside, obviously) have the balls to actually KEEP SOMEONE DEAD when they die, which means that there's actual dramatic tension when someone is put in mortal danger.

Many of the heroes not rebooting are because they just had a self contained reboot. Green Lantern is the biggest example. Between Blackest Night (which was a small universe wide reboot) and Brightest Day (GL/GLCorp reboot)there is no need for another one.

Also western comics tend to go on longer. The point of reboots is often to refresh the story and provide jumping in points for new readers. Hell, many of the series (Green Lantern, Superman, Batman, Captain America, etc) have been going on since the thirties or even longer.

 

[Aisaku]

What I want to know is why Cyborg is taking centre stage on that page. He's a pretty crappy hero when compared to the others on that page.

The latest reboot of the DC Universe has Cyborg as a founding member of the Justice League ¬¬

 

[Francis Bautista]

If this is their idea of a joke, then it failed. I'm not laughing.

 

[Macgyvercas]

Let's see...Keep my volume 1's of Sailor Moon, Vampire Knight, Chrono Crusade, Spice & and Wolf, and Neon Genesis Evangelion, or trade them for comic books?

Such a hard decision.

/sarcasm (anyone who knows me would know that I'll take mange over comic books any day of the week)