And you constantly see publishers working in the industry being confused at how comics aren't more popular and cancelling series left and right wondering where it all went wrong.

We like comics, but I hate "the canon" and crossovers. Just let writers do what they want and not have to tie in to vastly different works, it's not that hard.

But what if I want to read something that doesn’t sexualize children?

This is why comics aren't more popular in the west, constant rebooting. I get if it happened once or even twice in all the decades, but the reboots are constant.

Catching up on a manga can be a slog, but at least I know what the chronology is without having to consult a wiki, and they basically never reboot so the catching up is actually worthwhile!

C'mon, this only happens with super hero comics. Even in DC, if you want to read 100 Bullets you start in chapter one. That ain't a manga exclusive feature

Well the obvious counterpoint would be Fate, but I'm sure there are more.

I didn’t know JoJo Star was a real person

I used to read Batman comics, until DC rebooted their universe... again.

Nowadays, I stick with manga.

This is where I'm at with Comics. I had to look up various sites to understand what the Knight Terrors arc was, or Fall of X, House of M...Hellfire Gala event? I'll probably just give up.

Chapter 1: last page of book

You probably dont want to start with 2011 since the nu52 continuity ended quite a long time ago and Batman year one would be a good starter issue to read. Marvel and DC needs to stop with their relaunching, renumbering, and returning back to legacy numbering nonsense. Its issue one, now issue 345, now issue 1 again, and we figured out if we add up all the relaunches and side series we can get to 400 so back to an inflated legacy numbering!

I grew up on French, British and Italian comics that have a variety of themes and are mostly episodic with contained stories. The shared universe, crossover, retcon nonsense is almost exclusive to the Marvel and DC bubble.

Manga is written by one person. Any given mainstream comic character has at least 30 years of history with at least a dozen writers. It isn't a problem with comics but with the continuity being reconned every few years.

The real answer is to start where ever you want with comics because stories are self contained and rarely serialized. Crossover characters will revisit the comic and it's fun but usually comics are easy to get into. It's why trades are so cheap - it's open for anyone to pick up and read.

Bro's never tried to get into Slayers

Okay, but is the beginning the front page or the last page?

That nose.

Good lord...never knew people had such hate for comic books.

Read whatever you want, but damn, maybe appreciate for a second that some people like things for different reasons than you?