Revitalizing the Stagnating U.S. Comic Book Industry: A Historic Analysis and Creative Fusion of American and Japanese Comic Books

摘要

The United States and Japan both have internationally recognized comic book industries.udHowever, their levels of financial success and social relevance differ greatly. As the UnitedudStates struggles to gain new readers, Japan has made comics a staple of life for all its residents.udThe following research essay elaborates on this phenomenon using historical context, andudsuggests how the United States can make its comic industry more prosperous by analyzing theudglobal and domestic success of Japanese comics. In conjunction with this essay is a full comicudbook influenced by visual, storytelling, and historic aspects of comics from both countries. Thisudcreative portion is meant to serve as an example for how American comic book artists can learnudfrom the Japanese comic industry in terms of capturing new readers without losing theirudAmerican identity.