Found in translation
America did not invent comics, or even — depending on how you feel about Tintin, Moebius, or Japanese manga — perfect them. But America gave the world Calvin and Hobbes, Dykes To Watch Out For, Carl Barks’ Scrooge McDuck, and a bazillion other comics I adore. That’s why it has always struck me as profoundly bizarre that American movie-going audiences will run a mile if you ask them to deal with subtitles.
Images combined with text: apparently this is mainstream fare on a page, but indigestible elitism on a screen.
