I'm way late on this, but still, here is the March issue of Sequential Tart. There's a very good article on how comics fans often forget the growth in the comics fan base caused by manga by making up a bunch of excuses, as if manga isn't real comics. Comics fans should embrace the growth- those manga fans are going to be the ones who continue to make comics in the years after the older generation is off to the senior home. I do have some problems with this roundtable mostly it's a rehash of the same old comics aren't for kids/boys stuff, but the last comment especially gets on my nerves. How is this mother an 'idiot' for not knowing that manga goes the other way? She's never encountered it in her life. Also, I'd like to note that while I like strong plucky heroines in manga, there's plenty of room for other representations- the problem comes in when the only thing you see is one side. It's just as one sided if all women are super geniuses, than if they are all idiots.