Jeff Smith Says "Manga Is Just Not that Good" (ComicsAlliance)

Oct 16th 12:20 PM: Actually, Gia, Joe, Jeff's answer seemed to bridge both your concerns. As I recall, when he said that manga can be cookie-cutter and generic, it was because he felt they were somewhat cynically targeted at kids purely on marketing and polling in a relationship similar to American superhero comics and their inability to leave their fanboys wanting in the least.

He seemed angry that Marvel and DC don't just get off their duffs and really find a new generation of fans the way manga has, since he's convinced manga's plan, as an industry, is to simply bury the american comic companies. Whether that'd be for better or for worse for american readers is debatable, but he's happy that kids love comics, regardless.

Oh and Gia, not to take Joe's rather snippy side in this, but: "In all seriousness though, what's up with dismissing an entire style like that?" Like 'Amerian comics'?