Comments on: Naruto: bigger than Spider-Man?

By: naruto rules

naruto rules — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:23:38 +0000

oops sorry for my spelling i mean one piece i think that show sucks

By: naruto rules

naruto rules — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:22:46 +0000

naruto is the best manga i mean all the people on youtube say one oiece is the best seller and naruto is the 5th yeah right naruto owns

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By: sydney

sydney — Fri, 25 May 2007 20:20:06 +0000

I LOVE THE SHOW NARUTO!!NARUTO CAN TAKE SPIDER-MAN DOWN ANY TIME ANY WHERE ANY PLACE BELIVE IT !!

By: sydney

sydney — Fri, 25 May 2007 20:20:03 +0000

I LOVE THE SHOW NARUTO!!NARUTO CAN TAKE SPIDER-MAN DOWN ANY TIME ANY WHERE ANY PLACE BELIVE IT !!

By: sydney

sydney — Fri, 25 May 2007 20:19:58 +0000

I LOVE THE SHOW NARUTO!!NARUTO CAN TAKE SPIDER-MAN DOWN ANY TIME ANY WHERE ANY PLACE BELIVE IT !!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:17:03 +0000

naruto is awsome

By: inu soto

inu soto — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:15:21 +0000

I love naruto he is so weard/cool. hecan kill spiterman with his shadow dobbelganger / sexynohaream put to gether

INU-Chan
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By: Brian Spence

Brian Spence — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:30:06 +0000

Very sad that I’ve never heard of either book (although the name Naruto sounds vaguely familiar).

They’re totally right about American comics not having much going on in them. I would much, much rather pay for a b&w trade on crappy paper with a lot of story than continue shelling out for individual comics that are read in ten minutes. I recently read the first fight between Hulk and the Thing in an early Lee/Kirby FF book, and thinking that if someone had done that same comic today, it’d have taken up 6 issues at least.

Then again, most of the decompression in comics comes from the manga influence. Agree? I think decompression hit big in America when Ellis and Hitch made The Authority, but manga had been doing that for years.

By: Books : Timesunion.com blog -- Books Blog: A Conspiracy of Smart People » Manga vs. comic books -- timesunion.com -- Albany N.Y.

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:34:33 +0000

[...] Manga vs. comic books February 13, 2007 at 8:34 am by Michael Janairo A blogger reports that Japanese manga are far more popular than American comic books. Posted in Manga, Comics | [...]

By: Todd Alcott

Todd Alcott — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:01:47 +0000

I read plenty of comics, but the main lines of DC and Marvel completely baffle me and I avoid the confusing nightmares of Civil War and 52 like the plague. On the other hand, I find the single-story, all-ages comics Justice League Unlimited, Teen Titans Go! and Marvel Adventures amusing and satisfying. And my kids love them.

By: The Dane

The Dane — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:07:12 +0000

As far as the satisfying chunk theory goes, I'd say that applies to a good spectrum of what I've seen in the manga I've read. Still, the funny thing is: Naruto defies that like crazy. The latest storyline in the American release chronicles a single exam (broken into three parts) and has played it out over the last eight volumes of the series and will probably need at least one or two more to finish it off. That's about 2000 pages devoted to a single story arch. Masashi Kishimoto scoffs at Bendid and his six-issue archs. (At least Naruto's chapters are released weekly.) The popularity of Naruto seems to be simply because its just a fun book. In fact, it's hard for me to think of another book that takes as much sheer enjoyment in adventuring. Spider-Man hasn't in along time. Let me put it into a ratio: Naruto:Fun::Korgi:Cute.

By: Sphinx Magoo

Sphinx Magoo — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:47:01 +0000

Heidi, you show brand that “Satisfying Chunk” as a logo so it’s as recognizable as the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. Then apply it to books that give you your money’s worth.

Just a quick OT: I betcha that “Teen Titans GO!” outsells DC’s regular “Teen Titans” book.

By: Robolizard

Robolizard — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:43:59 +0000

I think what American fans find frustrating about Manga is that they’re words have no impact on them, while in the American mainstream comic world, thier words more or less control the tide of entire character franchises. The shock from kinda mattering to not mattering at all must be shocking…

Or any comic which has characters actually enjoying being powerful instead of all angsty… and honestly compared to most [definetly not all, but most] mainstream comics they have personality. Whatever Spider-Man does in Civil War, in the end it doesn’t really matter. There is little human connection.

By: Blake Bell

Blake Bell — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:03:26 +0000

I wonder if the same retailers and buyers who bitch about manga’s “intrusion” on their “regularly scheduled programming” are descendants of those who might have bitched about “them new damn superhero books from Marvel” in the early 1960s?

I only precisely one book of manga, but I’m not stomping my feet up and down because someone’s giving readers’ better value for their money. Same reason I don’t “buy American.” The competition from Manga is what should drive American comics to improve their lot or get left behind (I wonder if they’re descendants from those pulp folks back in the 1930s who complained about the intrusion of comic books?).