While the West has Marvel and DC, Japan is crushed under the weight of a seemingly endless glut of sequential art. Why does Japan seem to take comics more seriously? And why does the US seem to want comics to only be consumed as film adaptations?

Evangelion is a show about giant robots and the children who pilot them. While Gundam did the same thing and made it commentary about child soldiers and war, Evangelion made commentary about daddy issues.

Crisis Zone is a comic about how depraved of a year 2020 was. My friends and I met the author at a book signing last year, and somehow accidentally lived out a few scenes from the comic.

Turning Red is a fantastic film and you should go watch it. It's basically Devil Man, but for girls!

Over The Garden Wall is mainly just a cute little show about half-brothers on an adventure. It's also a message about death and perspective.

What do Winnie The Pooh, Dragon Ball, and Taoism have in common? A lot, actually.