The case for manga is often obscured by what amount, I think, to fears that the Japanese Invasion will crowd out all other forms of storytelling and art. Which, of course, it will--if the American publishers that produce those forms don't get their act together and adopt the aspects of manga publishing that they can while still retaining the qualities that make them different and, in those wonderful rare cases, special. The American comics industry doesn't want manga to close the book on American comics, they would be well advised not to close the book on manga.

Sean T. Collins knows next to nothing about manga itself, but when has a mere lack of knowing what he's talking about prevented him from pontificating in the past? He blogs at Attentiondeficitdisorderly Too Flat, where this post originally appeared.