/co/ - Comics & Cartoons

Well you know how the saying goes, those who can't do, teach.

He must have connections in the publishing world, or he works extremely fast and cheap. Maybe both.

In the 90s everyone released a Draw Manga book and they are utter garbage drawn by 14 year olds. I still have one at home. Hilarious to read. Also hilarious: Manga by western female artists which were actually published. It's like someone made a list of anime tropes and put them all in… or they make Teen Titans. Or TNMT. And think shit has to look like Sailor Moon to be Japanese. Cough.

I got some manga drawing guides from Japan, shit is complicated.

>>971798

I cant find any evidence that he's made comics. He's got a fiction of "step by step" videos on his YouTube account, maybe that's all he does.

That really makes me want to start my own comic, to have more to show and do something more fun for others than a bunch of disconnected sketches. \blogposting

>>971829

I actually bought two issues of a German manga, which hasn't continued (I think) because for a western manga it had such a down-to-earth shonen plot (interestingly, written by a girl) and good art that I was able to appreciate it.

It was about some Son Goku esque guy who lives in a swamp and has the ability to turn things into gold. I saw tons of potential in that ability. Sadly, it didn't hook you right away. The number one rule of manga is to throw so much insanity at you in an instant, that you wanna know more.

Kinda like New 52 sometimes did it in really stupid ways, like one issue starting with Bruce Wayne robbing a bank and shooting people (GASP! Is it really him?!), or another issue where Batman and Joker fight together (turns out, it's just a holographic mask, which was stupid AND totally broken, yet they never used it again).

Man, that's a thing for another thread.

>>971810

>I got some manga drawing guides from Japan, shit is complicated.

And later I realise, It's just western basic how to draw characters with efficient draw techniques.

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>>971829

>The fact that anime journalists at the time couldn't understand why such a deal would be controversial continues to baffle me.

Either they bought into the "exposure" meme unironically or were just oblivious to how important owning the rights to your own IP is from a creator's standpoint.

>>971835

>It was about some Son Goku esque guy who lives in a swamp and has the ability to turn things into gold.

Goldfisch? Wasn't that published stateside by Tokyopop recently?

>>971829

>I recently read with great interest your story, which appeared on MSNBC, called “Corporate scandals uncovered. Where was the press while business was cooking its books?” One of your major points was that typical journalists, while able to cover ubiquitous political scandals, are unfortunately unsophisticated in the ways of corporate manoeuvring and, therefore, tend to keep their distance when trying to report on business news. Most of what they had said about American companies for several years has been “glad tidings.”

(The Web Library: Building a World Class Personal Library with Free

Web Resources, Nicholas G. Tomaiuolo interviewing Richard Hanley)

The comic press is no different. Journalists are generally ill-equipped to report on corruption in private enterprise.

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>>971829

>The fact that anime journalists at the time couldn't understand why such a deal would be controversial continues to baffle me.

Are you sure they weren't just in on it?

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>>972413

No they weren't in on it. Instead of viewing it as an intellectual property, they instead saw it as selling an article to a publication, or an author signing a publishing contract.

It was incredibly clear that none of them knew about the American comic book industry and how companies retaining rights to a creation could end horribly for the creator.

>>971783

People actually bought these things?