@Jonny_Anonymous said:
@Cap10nate: Do Americans not like reading about none-Americans? Because the rest of us have no qualms about reading the thousands of comics books with 100% American casts. Judge Dredd is a British created character and most populor comic and yet he's an American living in America.
In general. . . I would say yes. The argument is always made that people want to read about characters that are like them which is why there are pushes for inclusive/ diverse characters. Since the majority of comic readers are American, most would like to read about other Americans. Therefore, the comic companies would cater their largest audience. This is added to the fact that people hate change. Most of the characters that are popular today were created a long time ago when the audience was virtually 100% American.
I also think that New York City is a large factor. Most people worldwide know at least some of the landmarks (Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Central Park, Wall Street, etc) so it makes sense to base a lot of stories there. I have spent a couple months overseas over the past 3 years in various parts of Europe because of work and at least half of the people I talked to had been to NYC (I only went there for the first time last year and I could drive there in 6 hours).
I don't want to generalize, but I don't think geography is taught well in schools in the good ole USA . . . along with most subjects actually. Readers may not be familiar with the different locations which would definitely contribute to a lack of caring about foreign characters as there is a general apathy towards real world events that don't affect them. People only cared about the strife in Africa after the KONY video went viral. . . then completely forgot about it again about three weeks later. It's a sad culture which I don't think is getting any better.
Sorry for the drawn out answer.
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