PROGRESS REPORT: DIS COMICS TING

Of making comics and whats going on

Finally bit the bullet and started watching “Attack on Titan” as part of my recent anime education (PARASYTE, DEATHNOTE, TOKYO GHOUL, etc) with CHAINSAW MAN being my favorite but I have to admit I can see the allure of AOT since it has teeth (excuse the pun) getting my interest and putting real stakes. This is what American comics are missing, real stories sterilized in a way to give a shit. The other problem is the format I think. 24 pages a month doesn’t cut it, it needs to match the pace of mangas, weekly. The total amount of pages for weekly serialization has about 18-20 pages for one chapter each week. For a monthly magazine, they have around 30-50 pages each month. Generally, one manga volume is about 180 to 220 pages (this may vary depending on the publisher). As such, a manga whose chapters are released weekly (about 20 pages), will generally have between 8 to 12 chapters per volume. No one in American comics is doing that. NO ONE. But if you have a team a real team making comics at that pace? Maybe with a head start of 60 pages or so, it could a phenomenon for sure. It’s all a wonder that’s for sure.

Ah, I’m telling you folks every night you should pray to PAPA DIOS and have him make me a millionaire because all I would do is develop this. For at least five years I would make a mean machine of comics making and go from there, with a cadre of lovable misfits blowing out comics like monsters out of a gah dam Godzilla movie. Fuck we could make it awesome. It would take some green for sure but also a hardy bunch of maniacs who love making comics to do it. Ach if only to find that group! So if you’re a billionaire who loves comics and wants to make some fantastic shit, partner with me, and let’s go blow shit up!

SIGH

Sorry if that was a small tirade but it’s my whole message to the universe moment here. Until then. I’ll have to do it ALL BY MYSELF! TO BATTLE!