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In page count, coloring page is quite similar to graphic novels, which are often just collections of the ongoing coloring comics. But unlike American graphic novels, which are usually just a collection of monthly comics in a single unified story or story arc, Manga books are often apart of an even bigger story and a complete Manga storyline can run thousands of pages.
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Also Manga story lines usually move at a much quicker pace. Due to the high page count, one reads a Manga book at an accelerated pace. Manga books nearly always have fewer panels and less dialogue (rambling) per page than American pages books. The price for Manga is also more than the average comic book and a bit more than a standard paperback novel, the small size of Manga and black-and-white printing rather than full color keeps the cost down. The coloring color is made up when you consider the story development that it'll have with the amount of pages it has.
Another difference coloring pages traditional American comics is that mainstream American comics are often created in a sort of assembly-line fashion. They have a writer (story), a penciler (initial sketch), inker (uses a pen to ink over the sketch), letterer (adds dialog) and a colorist (colors the inked sketch). Most Manga books are done by a single creator, who combines all those chores (except coloring).
Comic Books - Japanese Manga vs American Comics
What are the primary differences between Japanese Manga (Comics) as well as American Comics?
The creation of Manga as well as its coloring page is quite different than American Comics. Manga is printed in black-and-white format while American comics are the most of the time in entire color. Also, when you look at a graphic novel or Manga you will notice a difference in the size. Manga is frequently smaller than conventional American comic books, usually digest-size and roughly half to one-third the size of American comics. But where the American comics are generally thin like a small magazine, running about 32 pages, Manga comic books are thick and can be hundreds of pages in length!
Next time someone asks you what the difference is between Manga and [American] comics, you can surprise them with your knowledge.
In Japan, Manga is not viewed as just for kids unlike the American stereotype. There pretty much is a Manga for everyone. With that being stated there are three main genres in Japanese Manga: Shonen Manga (boy's comics), Shojo Manga (girl's comics) and Hentai (adult comics).
There is a big difference in art styles between Manga, which is more stylized (exaggerated) and American comics, which tend to be more "realistic". There are also quite a couple of serious differences between the two types of comics. Some of the differences, just to mention a few of them are the cost, creation, diverse audience and genres, presentation and even size.
