Oppa did mean it 1,607 Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Gerry Conway has criticized manga and called it sexist, pederastic, and misogynistic Normally people don't care for this type of opinions but Gerry is a very well known comic artist, he created Power Girl, Vixen, and The Punisher, and this seems to light up the "hate" comic and manga fans have among themselves. There are a lot opinions of his comments: - He is just mad Mangas are out selling Comics even in the US - He is a hypocrite since he was one of the men who contributed the most for female sexualization in comics - He doesn't understand the Manga industry and is out of touch What do you all think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLY 31,289 Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 I'm not familiar with him at all but the way he worded that first tweet of his is basically a whine that if American artists get flak, manga artists should be too. If he omitted that first part and tried to call out manga artists for sexism and misogyny, it would have been for a noble cause. Nevertheless, generalizing manga in general is quite inappropriate because it is a very big industry and I bet his sources are the classic popular shonen and/or ecchi manga that are male-driven with female characters' body features exaggerated for fanservice or the usual tropes. While this is an actual thing and may trigger some, specially the sexual assault covered for cOmEdY purposes: looking at you Mr. Meliodas, generalizing manga in general is wrong because what people like him only know is the surface, heck not even all manga have been animated. There also seems to be quite a progress, with popular shounen like Jujutsu Kaisen whose female characters are not supplementary and are not just for the eye candy. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 majority of anime fans are incels so he is not wrong about that. I dont know what art he draws but I have never seen little girls with grotesquely huge melons in western comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STORM BLOOM 1,739 Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 38 minutes ago, Oppa did mean it said: He is just mad Mangas are out selling Comics even in the US This sums it up. Manga comes from different genres and types so his point is moot. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STORM BLOOM 1,739 Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Jeongin said: majority of anime fans are incels so he is not wrong about that. The generalizations is not a good look hun cause if we go by this logic. The Gaming, anything Geek related stuff and even the Kpoop community has also this type of people. This isn't only limited to Anime Edited June 1, 2021 by STORM BLOOM 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Both manga and comics have misoginy and porn basically among the genres. So you're just asking for other media to be criticized as well. Hmm ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starsocks 7,985 Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 pot calling the kettle black 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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