Comics Are Just as Good As Manga

Look Beyond Marvel And DC

Tony Jones
3 min readFeb 6, 2023
Photo by Keren Fedida on Unsplash

I did not grow up reading comics or manga, but I have come to love both. Comics was looked at as a niche for hardcore nerds, and manga even more so. If you were a real reader you read novels, not picture books. It took me a while to get away from this mentality. I started reading the manga after an Anime I was watching got canceled. I wanted to know what happens next, so I turned to the manga. That first manga led me down a rabbit hole of reading manga after the manga. Eventually, that lead me to Comics. I started with the injustice series after completing the two video games. This led me down another rabbit hole, and I binged a lot of comics in a short amount of time. Recently there has been a push to make it clear that manga is better than comics. The criticisms have include not focusing on the story, pushing an agenda, and not being able to find complete stories. I think these criticisms couldn’t be further from the truth.

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The perception around comics is that it’s just superheroes. If you were to look at comics outside of DC and marvel you will find a lot of diversity. Comics tackle a wide range of subjects, including action, adventure, drama, romance, comedy, and more. This means that regardless of your interests, there is bound to be a comic or manga that speaks to you. Image…

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Tony Jones
Tony Jones

Written by Tony Jones

I’m a science and tech enthusiast. I like games, movies, tv shows, comics, and manga. I also love to make and play video games.

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