Comics - Topics

Why does the source manga almost always outrun the anime? The letterer is the most underrated job in comics Why do anime adaptations of manga always cut the arc everyone wanted? Why do long-running shonen series refuse to end? Why does a single American issue cost more than a whole manga volume? Why does a weekly manga chapter end on a cliffhanger every single time? Why do collected editions go out of print and then resell for triple? European albums are printed like art books and it shows on the shelf Finding a reading order for a long superhero run is a nightmare for newcomers Why do the big two superhero publishers reboot their continuity every few years? Trade paperbacks changed how people actually read comics Digital comics never solved the double-page spread Why does replacing the artist halfway through a run kill its momentum? Webcomics built an audience the direct market never could Why do comic adaptations ignore the visual language that made the source special? Adapting a comic means translating panel rhythm and almost nobody even tries A graphic novel adaptation lives or dies on casting the right faces Filler episodes exist because the anime caught up to the manga Comic conventions: how do people plan a whole weekend around one autograph session? A silent issue with no dialogue is the hardest thing in comics to pull off Independent comics have had the best writing for a decade Alfred Pennyworth raised Bruce Wayne for decades without ever being called his father Turning a chronic illness into a comic that strangers read Noir in comics: the page has no shadows until the inker decides it does Dilbert nailed office life so well that some companies banned the strip Graphic memoirs of grief: how comics render loss that words cannot Uncle Ben and Aunt May gave Spider-Man his conscience instead of his powers