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>the average cartoonist in Japan has about five assistants
The average cartoonist in Japan wishes. Average is 3. 5 is just at larger mags. And there are absolutely one man bands on the low end like that nutbag Junji Ito.

Also western comic makers absolutely use shit like stock resources and have dedicated teams. What the fuck is this nonsense? Japan might have more stock resources because western comics suck ass and Japan might not credit assistants because the manga industry sucks ass, but these aren't major fucking differences. Also everyone in Japan knows the assistants do most of the fucking work.

It is true that the standard teams for manga and western comics are different at least. Comics need colorists, use cover artists for some insane reason, usually the writer and penciller are separate positions unlike in Japan where the reverse is true, and positions like editors are less likely to step in to help with earlier production steps.

This shit reads like a ton of cope.