A nameless trool
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The US market should take a look at what Japan and France is doingShut it Korra.
I or somebody else has probably said it before and will say it again, but what exactly can be accomplished in the US comic book industry anymore? People are more tuned into other sources of entertainment than actual comic books. There is a greater chance for people reading it/getting once some kind of very popular adaption of a comic book(s) is made (so for example a new Spawn animated movie could inspire some people to get into Spawn comics). How are you exactly supposed to thrive in such a medium (and that's forgetting all the gate-keeping)? Answer is you don't. At least not particularly much.

The Enormity of the Franco-Belgian Market - Pipeline Comics
I found some impressive numbers for first printings of recent big Franco-Belgian comic releases. Compared to the North American market, they're staggering.

Mainly because they make high quality albums for general audiences, instead of overprized pamphlets for 40yo manboys.
Japan makes anthology magazines collected into cheap volumes. At $7 for 200 pages mangas are a steal. And they have different magazines for different age groups, not a catch-all Marvel universe for manbabies and tumblerinas crossing over. The US comic book industry can be salvaged, but this means that 90% of comic professionals will be out of a job, this is why it is not changing and tries to be saved by Holywood