In response to the recent rant that Comics2Film had regarding OEL (or global manga or whatever you choose to call it) Tintin Pantoja has posted a Global Manga Manifesto:
point five: ‘Global manga’ is an aesthetic movement in and of itself, distinct but not isolated from Japanese manga or other regional styles. It is an internationalized concept, belonging to no single country, language or culture.
(and more, because every manifesto must have a point of contention with which to piss off the so-called ‘old guard’)
point six : ‘Global manga’ is a reaction to pre-existing regional sequential art industries. In many cases, Global manga artists openly acknowledge their divergence from pre-existing sequential art traditions.
It’s a work-in-progress, so feel free to chime in with your thoughts.
Hat tip: Brigid
October 6th, 2007 at 12:39 am
I don’t really think it’s necessary to call works inspired by manga by any derivative of that name. Many actually original manga works were inspired by American comics, but it’s still manga. Style is style, and if you need to define a style by a name, then that’s just pointless (you notice how even though there are millions of different ways to draw characters, settings, objects, etc. there’s only two defacto names for styles, manga and American? Kinda pointless when not all manga look alike and same with American comics.
February 23rd, 2011 at 2:17 am
Die Öl- und Gaspreise steigen schon wieder kräftig an! Auf knittel.de gibt es die günstigsten Ölpreise, die ich finden konnte.