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In India, my generation grew up on Tintin, Asterix, Archie comics, Phantom, Mandrake, Superman, Spiderman etc. and local indian comics dealing with Indian freed
by webmobdev 8y ago
In India, my generation grew up on Tintin, Asterix, Archie comics, Phantom, Mandrake, Superman, Spiderman etc. and local indian comics dealing with Indian freedom fighters and leaders and indian mythology.
Somehow I still prefer those kind of comics and korean / japanese comics than those by DC / Marvel (they look technically marvellous, with their computer graphics, but still pale compared to the non-US ones).
- agumonkey 8y agoDidn't know european comics were famous in India. Cool. Also never seen an Indian comics. It's interesting to see how US evolved very different from European. Tiny anecdote, France was quite aware of US comics (including Disney) and I read that there was some anti US reactions to this. Some magazines started as an effort to make more french stories (leftist, ecology). See PIF Magazine, which was funded by the French Communist Party (no joke). Even Asterix is said to be influenced a bit by US super heroes, hence the magic potion giving super powers. The style and humor was different though.
- bunderbunder 8y agoI'm curious, has the US exported much of its non-Disney, non-superhero comics? There's quite a bit more to American comics than that stuff.
- agumonkey 8y agoI'm not very knowledgeable, I'm an 80s kid.. so US comics === super hero (also movies to an extent, Donner's Superman was a massive event, Robocop, TMNT ..). So my answer would be .. no. US comics = Disney + Marvel + DC. I actually struggle to remember anything else. I'd be happy to know more though..
- bunderbunder 8y agoAnything by Strangers in Paradise, Bone, Frank, anything by Art Spiegelman, anything by R. Crumb, I'm not sure if the US gets to claim Neil Gaiman or not, The Walking Dead, Ghost World, Love and Rockets, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. . .
- agumonkey 8y agoBe a little more specific for Bone and Frank, I'm not sure if these are authors or characters. Also, I had no idea Ghost World was a comic, neither The Walking Dead.. Oh and lastly, not comic per se, but cartoons were a staple of US drawing culture. WB, toons, even the simpsons to an extent.
- bunderbunder 8y agoBone is a series by Jeff Smith. It's a good one for kids - sort of an epic light fantasy. Frank is by Jim Woodring. It's hard to describe.
- agumonkey 8y agoAight, for a reason I was confused by Frank as in Frank Herbert .. Frank does look odd.
- Bayart 8y agoSome titles have been popular due to tying into some trendy stuff (The Walking Dead), but really anything other than Disney comics (which are actually largely European) is invisible. It's funny how Don Rosa is a classic master here and Americans don;t even know the guy.
- webmobdev 8y ago> Also never seen an Indian comics. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=amar+chithra+katha https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3...