Ok, instead of just insulting lobster I'll do a debunk.

Originally posted by: LobsterMagnet
If marvel needs to create an entire new lineup of comic series just to sort out all of the convoluted storylines essentially proves my point.
They don't need to. However, since (unlike manga), comics properties have shown the trend towards long term success, they will inevitably receive a lot of baggage on their storylines over the years. I repeat: this is inevitable. However, this certainly doesn't prevent Marvel, DC and other publishers from telling good stories with their long running characters. That being said, I am shocked that you get so uppity at the fact that some creators enjoy working with the rich heritage behind a lot of modern-day serialized books, and that some creators want to be able to write them at a more pure, earlier stage? What would you do if you ran Marvel, tell Brian Micheal Bendis to screw off when he proposes the Ultimate line? You'd have been a complete idiot, as the titles are well written, well drawn and wildly successful, and exist as a companion story to the 616 universe, not a replacement.

And, of course, you are only able to critisize superhero books, just like all the other japanophiles in this thread, because they are the closest to something you actually read. None of your criticisms impact non-cape books in any way.

Through various forms of media I am vaguely familiar with most of the major super heros and the dynamics that make them appealing.
Oh, "various forms of media", eh? You know what that means? You don't fucking read comics! And your posts make it really obvious. So, honestly - just stop blathering on ignorantly.

Even the best property can die a quick death in incompetant hands
I know - that is why most of the mainstream supers have existed longer than your parents have. So much for dying a quick death.

American Comics tend to be very unfriendly to outsiders and in some cases they can be down right intimidating.
What a fucking joke. First you critisize Marvel for putting out comics friendly to newcomers (the Ultimate line), then you claim they aren't being friendly enough? Great job! I'm sure you'd do a masterful job of handling their properties. Frankly, there is no industry more insular and nerdy than the Japanese anime industry. With an extremely repetitive and initially off-putting art style common to almost all 80's/90's Shounen manga, Japanese "sound" effects, unweildy translations and lame cultural jokes (which, believe it or not, are not instantly appealing to everyone) abound in manga. You can jump right into the Superman title being run and get up to speed on a character you've only seen in movies in about five minutes. He's fucking Superman: alien who came to earth from Krypton in a space pod. He's married to Lois Lane now, which you may or may not know, but even that doesn't really require a heavy stretch. Just imagine trying to pick up volume 20 of a long running Japanese manga and immediately know what is happening, having not read the series since the first tankouban. It never happens - ever.

What I like about animes and mangas is that they generally follow a linear story progression. There is a beginning and an end.
Manga has a more simplistic, base appeal than most American comics (outside of the Ultimate line, which you bizarrely decry even though it is closest to what you want) don't aspire to. The difference being that American comics offer both long-running series like some superhero comics, and also short, direct stuff (again, you level a criticism that only applies to the part of the industry you are familiar with).

The American comics seem just to twist around and interwine like some sort of demonic pretzel with no end. If a character dies they can just be brought back through some sort of loophole like an alternate dimensional eclipse.
Another criticism that only applies to superhero comics! Oh, what a fucking shock. Your criticism is empty since the Japanese manga and anime industry does the same fucking things over and over. You even go so far as to note that American comics actually think up new ways to do it, while your manga of choice does the same one over and over - and somehow this is better for Dragonball?

stupid shitty anecdote
Ohh, look, you can be sarcastic too. Clearly, you think that American comics recycle and spin-off their characters too much. Gee, I hope you don't watch Gundam - since they've been playing literally the exact same storyline with a new coat of paint for over twenty five fuckin' years. And, of course, your comment only works against a certain segment of superhero books! Hooray for ignoring everything else.

You do not know anything of substance about comics.

Please, just stop commenting on them.