Anonymous
10/16/2025, 3:53:50 AM
No.150858865
>>150829922
I feel like part of the reason as to why non-cape and non-licensed comics struggle to gain popularity is because no one wants to actually pick a demographic and do their best to appeal to them.
Walking Dead did stupidly well with people who didn't normally buy comics (normies). The demographics that bought the book were reflective of what genres the story was using.
>(neo) western (men and boys love it)
>zombies (both men and women go nuts for it)
>adventure (see the above)
And it even had violence and sex appeal for good measure.
It's kinda why Punisher fans and Jonah Hex fans keep showing up to buy their comics even if they don't really engage with other capeshit. Demographics outside of capeshit fans exist, but the non-licensed comics publishers either won't appeal to them out of ego, or can't do it on a monthly basis without crunch or people being underpaid.
>>150848589
Interesting that you bring up the amount of artists per comic, because manga also involves multiple artists. The difference is that in Japan...
>usually the mangaka (creator of the story) is the lead artist, and is responsible for writing the story
>the mangaka works with the editor (who tard wrangles them) on the story while leading a group of assistants that he pays out of pocket to help get the chapter done (they copy his style and get panels done)
>the mangaka gets paid per page: if he is successful and hard-working, then he has more money to pay his assistants and even to hire more assistants so the workload isn't so bad
I feel like part of the reason as to why non-cape and non-licensed comics struggle to gain popularity is because no one wants to actually pick a demographic and do their best to appeal to them.
Walking Dead did stupidly well with people who didn't normally buy comics (normies). The demographics that bought the book were reflective of what genres the story was using.
>(neo) western (men and boys love it)
>zombies (both men and women go nuts for it)
>adventure (see the above)
And it even had violence and sex appeal for good measure.
It's kinda why Punisher fans and Jonah Hex fans keep showing up to buy their comics even if they don't really engage with other capeshit. Demographics outside of capeshit fans exist, but the non-licensed comics publishers either won't appeal to them out of ego, or can't do it on a monthly basis without crunch or people being underpaid.
>>150848589
Interesting that you bring up the amount of artists per comic, because manga also involves multiple artists. The difference is that in Japan...
>usually the mangaka (creator of the story) is the lead artist, and is responsible for writing the story
>the mangaka works with the editor (who tard wrangles them) on the story while leading a group of assistants that he pays out of pocket to help get the chapter done (they copy his style and get panels done)
>the mangaka gets paid per page: if he is successful and hard-working, then he has more money to pay his assistants and even to hire more assistants so the workload isn't so bad