1st Edition

Comparative Dynamics in the Comics Industry Contrasting Cultures in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands

By Rudi de Vries Copyright 2025
74 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

74 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

74 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Due to the enormous cultural and economic impact of the Marvel movies, manga, and anime, research on the comics industry is growing, but has focused primarily on the US and Japan. This book focusses on the European comics industry to explore the complex impact of organizational and cultural differences in audience behaviours, both in the comics industry specifically and in the creative industries... Read more

1. Introduction 2. Comics industries 3. Theory 4. Data and methods 5. Findings 6. Discussion 7. Conclusions

Biography

Rudi de Vries is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Arts and at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.