COMICS USA by Mark Rosenfelder, Australia by Chris O'Regan, Austria by Klaus A. Brunner, Brazil by Emilio Neto, Brittany (France) by Damien Erwan Perrotin, Canada & Ontario by Adam Bishop, British Columbia (Canada) by PJ Perdue, Quebec (Canada) by Valerie Bourdeau, China by the English class at the Suzhou branch of Agile Software Co, Colombia by Carlos Thompson Pinzón, England by Graham John Francis de Sales Wheeler, Finland by Johanna Laakso, France by Nicolas Duvernois, Germany by Irgend Jemand, Greece by Chris TDAQ, India by Apurva Mishra, Israel by Robin Alexander, Italy by Riccardo Distasi, Japan by Hirofumi Nagamura, Urban Mexico by Acoyani Garrido Sandoval, The Netherlands by Bas Suverkropp, New Zealand by Gareth Wilson, Nigeria by Didi, Poland by Pawel Stachura, Scotland by Geoff Eddy, South Africa by T'Mar, Sweden by Anders Janson, Turkey by Cyril Alebard, Long Island by Robert Delaney, Southern Louisiana by Andrew Chaney, Texas by Tom Wier, Yorkshire (UK) by Stephanie Bailey, Southcentral Alaska by Cherie Campbell, and the general characteristics of the First Generation Immigrant by John Smith
Country or region	Format	Famliar characters, artists
NORTH AMERICA
USA	Comics basically come in two varieties: newspaper comics and magazines; the latter pretty much all feature superheroes.	You aren't familiar with Mafalda, Lucky Luke, Corto Maltese, Milo Manara, Guido Crepax, Gotlib, or Moebius.
ALASKA SOUTH-CENTRAL, USA	Comics basically come in two varieties: newspaper comics and magazines; the latter pretty much all feature superheroes.	You aren't familiar with Mafalda, Lucky Luke, Corto Maltese, Milo Manara, Guido Crepax, Gotlib, or Moebius.
LONG ISLAND, USA	If you buy comics, you probably do so in a specialized comic shop. Many convenience stores and newstands stopped carrying them during the 80s, but a few bookstores started.
LOUISIANA, USA
TEXAS, USA
CANADA	Comics basically come in two varieties: newspaper comics and magazines; the latter pretty much all feature superheroes.	Newspaper comics are mostly American but you are proud to say that "For Better or For Worse" is Canadian. If you are aware, you would be proud to say that in magazine comics, Wolverine from the X-Men is Canadian.
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA		You aren't familiar with Mafalda, Lucky Luke, Corto Maltese, Milo Manara, Guido Crepax, Gotlib, or Moebius.
ONTARIO, CANADA		"For Better Or For Worse" takes place in Ontario, and because it takes place in real cities and other recognizable landmarks, you talk about the characters as if you know them.
QUEBEC, CANADA	You love comics, which you call bandes dessinées or BDs.	You are familiar with Lucky Luke, Astérix, Mafalda, Gotlib and Tintin. Local comic artists usually draw for humor magazines such as Safarir.
LATIN AMERICA
BRAZIL	Comics basically come in two varieties: newspaper strips for adults and magazines for children.	You aren't familiar with European comics, except Asterix and Tintin. Even American super-heroes are not so popular anymore (but if you're over 20 you do remember the Spider Man).
COLOMBIA	Comics basically come in two varieties: newspaper comics and books; you can find magazine comics in specialized stores.	You are familiar with Mafalda, Peanuts, Tin Tin, and Lucky Luke, but not with Corto Maltese, Milo Manara, Guido Crepax, Gotlib, or Moebius.
MEXICO (URBAN)	Comics come in two varieties: newspaper comics and magazines. The latter are mostly about superheroes. Sometimes you see manga in newspaper and magazine shops.	You're NOT familiar with Lucky Luke, Corto Maltese, Milo Manara, Guido Crepax, Gotlib, Moebius or Asterix, but somewhat familiar with Mafalda.
EUROPE
AUSTRIA		Comics don't play that much of a role in culture, although you're familiar with Asterix and Disney stuff. You know Biene Maja, and if you grew up in the 1970s or later, you can still sing that title song. Every single word of it. (At the same time, you probably have serious trouble recalling the lyrics of the national anthem). You aren't very familiar with manga, if at all. You think it's children's stuff anyway.
FINLAND	Comics appear in newspapers and/or as books (albums).	If you are under 45, you are more or less familiar with Lucky Luke, Tintin and Asterix (but not Gotlib or Moebius) -- and, of course, the Simpsons. In any case, you know Donald Duck.
FRANCE	Comics typically appear as hardbound books (albums). Comics sometimes but not always appear first in specialized comics magazines.	You are more or less familiar (depends mostly on age) with Mafalda, Lucky Luke, Corto Maltese, Tintin, Astérix, Gotlib, and Moebius.
BRITTANY, FRANCE	Comics typically appear as hardbound books (albums). Comics sometimes but not always appear first in specialized comics magazines. All newspapers and most magazines carry at least one comic, too. Comics are mainly Belgian and French in origin, a few of them may be Breton too (the best known being L'Ankou). You consider comics to be somewhat inferior to "real" litterature, but not that much.	You are familiar with Lucky Luke, Asterix, Gaston Lagaffe and Tintin, but you aren't familiar with Spiderman, Sailor Moon, Mafalda, Ralph König or Judge Dredd, although all these comics have been translated into French.
GERMANY	Comics basically come in two varieties: newspaper comics and magazines; unless you're a fan, you see them as something for kids.	You are familiar with Asterix, Lucky Luke, and perhaps Tim und Struppi (Tintin); you probably aren't familiar with Mafalda, Corto Maltese, Milo Manara, Guido Crepax, Gotlib, or Moebius.
GREECE
ITALY	Comics basically come in two varieties: newspaper comics and magazines/albums; the latter range from Japanese manga to American comics.	You are familiar with Dylan Dog, Tex Willer, Diabolik, Altan, Corto Maltese, Milo Manara and Guido Crepax. Gotlib and Moebius are less widely known. There's plenty of Italian comics: Diabolik and Dylan Dog (action-oriented), Altan (satyrical), Manara and Crepax (dreamy, ethereal). Unless you are a manga fan, you think of Japanese anime as children stuff.
NETHERLANDS	Comics typically appear as hardbound books (albums). Comics sometimes but not always appear first in specialized comics magazines. All newspapers and most magazines carry at least one comic, too. Comics are mainly Dutch, Belgian and French in origin. Unless you are a fan, you consider comics something for children, or akin to watching TV soaps, except for Olivier B. Bommel, which is regarded as High Literature.	You are familiar with Lucky Luke, Asterix, Guust Flater (Gaston Lagaffe) and Kuifje (Tintin), but you aren't familiar with Spiderman, Sailor Moon, Mafalda, Ralph König or Judge Dredd, although all these comics have been translated into Dutch.
POLAND	Comics basically come in two varieties: newspaper comics and books; the latter are for children.
SWEDEN	Comics basically come in three varieties: newspaper comics, magazines and albums.	You are not familiar with Mafalda, Corto Maltese, Milo Manara, Guido Crepax, Gotlib, or Moebius but do know Ĺsa Nisse, 91:an, Hälge, Herman Hedning, Tin Tin and Asterix.
ENGLAND, UK
YORKSHIRE, UK
SCOTLAND, UK	Comics come in three varieties: cartoon strips such as the inimitable Oor Wullie in the Sunday Post; cheaply printed children's publications like The Beano, and glossy hardbound albums (mostly American imports) like Batman.
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
AUSTRALIA		Aside from Ginger Meggs and the American exports, you know nothing about comics.
NEW ZEALAND
ASIA
INDIA	Comics basically come in two varieties: newspaper comics and magazines; the latter either feature superheroes or Archie etc.	You aren't familiar with Mafalda, Lucky Luke, Corto Maltese, Milo Manara, Guido Crepax, Gotlib, or Moebius.
CHINA
JAPAN	Comics (manga) are everywhere. There are dozens of weekly manga magazines and everyone under thirty reads them. Some go to the extreme and become manga otaku, people so completely immersed in manga that it dominates their lives. You detest them and do your best to avoid them.
AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
NIGERIA
SOUTH AFRICA	Comics come in the daily papers or in thin booklet form (Batman, Superman, etc).	The only comic character you're familiar with is Asterix. If you're over 25 you may remember Tintin. If you talk about animation, however, you know at least one of the characters from Pokemon, and that the Warner Sister's name is Dot. If you want to read strange British comics like 2000AD (you know, with Judge Dredd) then you have to order them specially, and they cost a fortune.
ISRAEL
TURKEY
SUBCULTURES
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