When I was little, I owned a lot of comic books by local comic makers. Like a comic book about various legends in my country. The average comic book that is present in Indonesia, the shape of the characters and the making of the pictures follow like a Marvel comic. It's just that the typical problem model of the heroes is different.
The ones I read over and over again are the comic books Sibuta from Goa Hantu, Jaka Sembung, and stories about puppetry such as Mahabharata, Rama, and Shinta, and Hanoman. As for the comic form, the weekly magazine of my childhood was filled with stories from abroad, such as Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge, and so on. The good times are true if you reminisce about those times. Indeed, even though nowadays comic books seem to be very rare to find like in the past, in fact, they still exist.
Talking about comic books, of course, we will definitely hear the word anime from Japan's Sakura country. Because Japan is indeed the largest anime producer among other countries in the world. But speaking of comics when I was little, I actually didn't know anything about one of the comics from that country. Only after growing up do you know the existence of comics or anime from Japan.
For comics from Japan, I really like the story of Naruto, Slam Dunk, and Samurai X. The three kinds of comic book stories that I often read and followed were when I got to know comics from the country of Sakura. Meanwhile, from Uncle Sam's country, it's probably the same as most people, of course, it's more read or often encountered. Like Superman, Batman, Robinhood, and other superheroes that most people are familiar with until now.
The thing that is most remembered or most awaited when talking about comic books is that when we follow the story and wait for the publication date for the continuation of the story, it is one of the most exciting things to experience until now if you think back to that time.
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