People that cannot appreciate childish things have, in my opinion, grown up too fast.
Interesting sentence. And I do know quite some people in my environment who would agree.
I'm in the same boat as JDR. I don't see the appeal of cartoony childish graphics. It's a turn-off, as is anime, to me. This is just personal preference though…
Me, for example, I just can't stand the graphics style of Manga & Anime.
I also can't stand the graphics style of traditional superheroes comics. I don't understand the interest in superheroes at all.
Me, I've grown up with Asterix, Tintin, Lucky Luke, Fix & Foxy, next to Disney's characters.
Bone is just Art to me, as like Akiko is (whi is *not* a Manga !!!)
And Little Nemo is just ... a dream.
So, my "comics background" is definitively different - european based. We Europeans have - I think quite a distinct - and different - culture regarding comics. Superheroes don't exist in european comics at all, as far as I know, only as their parodies (Astrix, Marsupilami, Jerom).
"Sergio Aragones destroys DC" and "Sergio Aragones massacres Marvel" are genuine European comics, since they take on the "seriousnes" of U.S. - based superheroes comics and do them
ad absurdum, in my opinion.
Astrix, for example, has *always* been kind of childish - but like with Monty Python's Flying Circus it is so FULL with hints and jokes ... But nobody understands them with bigger-than-normal backgrond knowledge about european nd especially French contemporary history. - And in Monty Python's Flying Circus thre are SO many hints and jokes one can ONLY see if one has studied some time at a university ... I have read the full screenplay as two books, fgreatly annotated, with all of these hints explained.
It's like with Hägar The Horrible :
At the first look, it's just fun.
At the second look, you find out the hints.
At the third look, you find out the wisdom behind it ...