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Western Manga a.k.a O.E.L Manga. Love it, hate it? Any recommendations?

From what little I've seen seems to be quite derivative of manga in both style and content. I think it works best when the creator synthesis both western (American and European) and eastern comic styles. Paul Pope, Becky Cloonan and Bryan Lee O'malley would be some good examples of this.

In my opinion Western Manga (as well as Western Anime) does not exists. What makes Manga Manga and Anime Anime is the fact is from from Asia (Mostly Japan), you just don't get the same feel or cultural aspect when it comes from the US or Europe.

That's my opinion summarised (I can make it a lot longer) XD

hm western comics inspired by manga is a more correct term calling your self a mangaka if your not from japan or working in japan where your work is published then you are a comic book artist whos heavaly inspired by manga on topic now ive sen a "manga" called I luv halloween it looked intrestong

Ah I Luv Halloween, seen that around, reminds me a bit of cartoons like Aah Real Monsters and Jhonen Vasquez's work (Invader Zim).

It would be interesting to see if comics as whole (manga, comics, BDs) are going to mix even further into a 'world comics' idea. Especially when today's young creator are able to take in influence from around the globe much more easier.

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In Japan, readers clearly perceive my stories AS BD, and although they may seem a bit unusual, they appear closer in their eyes to French cinema than to Bilal's albums. While French readers notice the « Japanese » side of my stories, it is their « French » tone that strikes their Japanese counterparts.

The term Nouvelle Manga was thus born in Japan to define my picture stories that are neither completely BD nor completely manga, and that remind of the tone of French cinema.
Above quote from Frédéric Boilet's Nouvelle Manga Manifesto

In light of my above comment about the idea of world comics a recent discovery seems to back up the idea. Lately I've been reading some of the Le Nouvelle Manga works, specifically Boilet's Yukio's Spinach and his collaboration with Kan Takahama, Mariko Parade. And while I can't say much about his photo(shop)realistic illustrations I do see a more subtle manga connection in the tone and pacing. This is more apparent with the partnership with Takahama, someone who works in a more recognizable manga style.

How are the weekly manga distributed from Shoen? My hunch is that the Shone magazine makes their weekly sale with one giant magazine that has all the newly released chapters from manga such as Naruto and One Piece.
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Wow. That's a pretty impressive hunch as that is exactly how Shonen Weekly functions. Now, if you can somehow relate that to the topic of 'western' manga then that'd be something.