This post is a comment on Michaels post about Manga. I suggest you read that first, otherwise some of what I say below won’t make any sense.
The rising popularity of japanese comics in the west (explosion, more like it!) has brought a lot of kids and young women to comics — among them many who wouldn’t touch a comic book with a ten foot pole. This is a GOOD THING.
If manga (and it’s moving counter part anime) is popular, we will of course see a lot of young artists imitate the style. The book series ‘how to draw manga’ is currently up to at least 35 volumes. How many books how to draw comics of the western style[1] is there out there? Two? Four? Anyone? Bueller?
