[ SECERT POST #1846 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1846 ⌋


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I grew up with European and Japanese comics as well, and on the surface it does look like American superhero comics are soulless. Usually the character designs are very similar to each other; there are maybe three or five body types. Just replace the hair, eye-color and skin-color. I assume why this makes the characters look so dead - even the expressions are always similar. But I think there's a good reason for that: there are always many artists and writers working with the same characters, so it has to be something easy to mimic. When one artist quits, another steps in and continues from where the previous person stopped. This is why, usually, there's always the inker and the colorist. Usually artists stick with either doing the inks or the colors, but some artists do both. This way you can easily rotate the artists. European comics don't do that; they have the same artist(s) doing everything, and only choose a successor when/if they aren't able to do so anymore and want the story to continue. And what's more, the successor's style doesn't have to be identical to the original. In American superhero comics? Everything should match up, uniform-like.

That's why the panels have to be different-looking and the layout should always be unique, because how else are you going to stand out? Lots of inkers put a lot of work and thought into creating these things, because they can't mess with the characters. And the better you are at creating strong, outstanding panels and layouts and what have you, the more recognition you get. And that's okay, because it's just another form of comic book art.

Also, I think why manga and European comics read more easily is because everything that happens is usually explained either by the characters' internal monologues and thought-processing; we actually see what, why and how the characters are thinking. Whereas in American comics (and again, I'm generalizing - there are exceptions) the reader is left to do their own deductions and the only things doing the explaining are the pictures - not the characters. It's sort of like watching a silent film.

I used to ignore superhero comics, but nowadays I love them. Once you get used to it, you can appreciate the storytelling more. And... you know, it's different. It's nice.

(Sorry for any mistakes you may find, English isn't my first language and I am way beyond tired ATM.)

[nalanzu.livejournal.com]

Totally agree with ALL of this -- there's a completely different way of creating the comics in the US as opposed to either in Japan or (apparently, because I don't read them) Europe.

Love for superhero comics ftw. :D

[(Anonymous)]

I agree with most of this, except the part about things being explained in European vs deduced in American comics. I know you were generalizing, but I just really don't see that :S

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah... I'm the anon from up above that mentioned Joker and Poison Ivy and when I think of superhero comics, I think of Batman having boring, longass internal monologues for pages upon pages while jumping over buildings or kicking ass.

[(Anonymous)]

But usually with Batman comics there's only one person whose internal monologues are on display, one at a time.