Girls and Comics

[Ranger REG]

I think that might be the wrong question. Do you read comics because they fail to repulse you?

Isn't that the same thing as they "succeed to attract" me?

Perhaps you should ask what there is in superhero comics that might attract female readers. A focus on physical strength and conflict, and beating the snot out of other people as a solution to problems - does that sound like it'd attract young females?

Well, I knew some girls in my days that are attracted to [school] fights.

 

[frankthedm]

Isn't that the same thing as they "succeed to attract" me?

Not really. For a similar comparison

-Food you like- -Food- -Food you hate-

 

[arcanaman]

I am surrounded in my life by women who read manga friut basket(salad?) etc my friend especially she takes japanese at centeral will not read a manga if she does not like the way the people are drawn or if she thinks the storyline is stupid the art thing is because she herself is an artist

 

[Ranger REG]

I am surrounded in my life by women who read manga friut basket(salad?) etc my friend especially she takes japanese at centeral will not read a manga if she does not like the way the people are drawn or if she thinks the storyline is stupid the art thing is because she herself is an artist

And what about those who are not artists?

Would they be willing to buy "American manga" (and I'm not talking about Japanese comics being imported through an American distributor)?

 

[Umbran]

Isn't that the same thing as they "succeed to attract" me?

Well, I'm not a mind reader, but I doubt they are the same. People are not digital - either attracted to a thing, or repulsed by that thing. There's a bit of a scale. You can be attracted, repulsed, or various places on the "neutral/meh" scale.

For example - there are movies I seek out and pay for a ticket. Others, I'll watch if I'm bored and they're on cable, but I'm not going out of my way for them. And others that actively make me go, "Yuck!"

You need to be actively attracted to get into comics. They are in competition for your entertainment dollars, and not necessarily high on the content-per-dollar scale.

Well, I knew some girls in my days that are attracted to [school] fights.

Some, perhaps. Were they the reading type? Were they typical? If they were a smallish group in your school, they probably don't represent a large comic book market.

 

[Ranger REG]

Some, perhaps. Were they the reading type? Were they typical? If they were a smallish group in your school, they probably don't represent a large comic book market.

True, they don't read comic books.

 

[arcanaman]

And what about those who are not artists?

Would they be willing to buy "American manga" (and I'm not talking about Japanese comics being imported through an American distributor)?

They probably would not thing it would be as good and they are all artist pretty much

 

[Celtavian]

A girl I know at work reads some mangas. They are mangas most men would never touch. One is Fruit Baskets and the other is Sailor Moon. She told me about them and I was like "They make comics like that? Soap opera comics? Strange."

I imagine Japan has a whole mess of comics aimed at a girl readership. But men probably don't buy them or keep up with such comics.

 

[el-remmen]

"They make comics like that? Soap opera comics? Strange."

There is a whole industry of novelas - black and white soap opera comics in digest format in Spanish that are meant for adults. They are just not the kind of thing you will ever find in a comic book store.

In fact, Spanish soap operas on TV are called telenovelas because of those comics.

 

[Oni]

And what about those who are not artists?

Would they be willing to buy "American manga" (and I'm not talking about Japanese comics being imported through an American distributor)?

No offense to anyone who might happen to be an open minded manga, fan but it's been my experience that a good percentage of manga readers in general seem to be pretty snobby about non-japanese manga. I.E. if it isn't from japan it can't be called manga, and is subsequently an inferior read. I think if you look to the publishing industry, you'll see that sales back that up, non-japanese manga is a hard sell.

I hope this changes someday, but really that's a different topic.