I just saw this friendsfriendsing, but what an interesting poll! I looked through all of them on the poll first, though I didn't take it as I had no strong feelings about any of them except #8, which I thought might be Japanese because the style looked very familiar. As it turns out, back when I was reading a lot of Be Boy and other monthly yaoi mags, I read quite a bit of Mamahara Ellie, so that would be why! I also thought maybe the more realistic one (um, #17) was Chinese, as the girl looks very Chinese to me, but was obviously dead wrong there.
My main thought looking at all of these was that they were kind of amateurish. :p But it makes sense, cause obviously picking stuff by really well-known artists would be a bad idea.
The main thing I notice with American manga-style comics is the amateurishness. It never looks quite right. I always put it down to just not enough familiarity with the style. Kids in Japan (and other Asian countries) are raised with that style, but here it's still unfamiliar, and it usually shows. Which is not to say that I don't see a ton of crap manga from Japan, especially from the mags that publish first-time artists, but there's a higher percentage of people who've got a better grip on it (including many amateurs).
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My main thought looking at all of these was that they were kind of amateurish. :p But it makes sense, cause obviously picking stuff by really well-known artists would be a bad idea.
The main thing I notice with American manga-style comics is the amateurishness. It never looks quite right. I always put it down to just not enough familiarity with the style. Kids in Japan (and other Asian countries) are raised with that style, but here it's still unfamiliar, and it usually shows. Which is not to say that I don't see a ton of crap manga from Japan, especially from the mags that publish first-time artists, but there's a higher percentage of people who've got a better grip on it (including many amateurs).