Dying U.S. comics industry getting thrashed by Manga

  There is a reason why manga is crushing it while U.S. comics are dying. It's more diverse. If you like gay characters, manga has that for you. If you like soap opera slice of life drama, manga has that for you. If you like straight relationships and heroes punching bad guys, manga has that too. What manga generally does NOT do is race/gender/sexual preference swap long time established characters. There was never any attempt to "change the fan base", unlike U.S. comics where everyone is now gay or swapped out, the latest example being Moon Knight.
The objective of manga publishers is to sell books, and they do that well. The objective of big comics in the U.S. is to push an obnoxious, woke agenda that is unwanted by people who actually buy comics.
Someone on JDA's show made a point that comics should be trying to interest kids into reading comics. Manga has been doing that for years, while the U.S. industry post comics code authority has made most books inappropriate for kids. While liberals will disagree, I don't think some pink haired twink drooling over Superman's ass is appropriate for children.
I'd say close to 100% of the 40+ comic audience started reading them as kids. Instead of trying to REPLACE the current comic audience with zoomer twots, it should work on keeping that audience and ADDING kids to the mix.

Maine shooting - lack of mental health care

Maine shooting

This is a result of bi-partisanship in the 80's. I've never seen bi-partisinship be anything other than a screwjob from the politicians on both sides to you, and this was no exception. During the 80's many of the mental health institutions were becoming dilapidated and were in need of either extensive repairs or replacement. The "solution" both federal and state politicians came up with was smirkily referred to as "mainstreaming". Instead of increasing funding for mental health it was instead cut. The politicians closed down most of the mental health institutions and released the patients onto the street. Not coincidentally the homeless population exploded as the crazies failed to adapt to a life they were not prepared for and wound up on the street. The situation now is that with most of the nuthouses closed down it is almost impossible to get in patient mental health care, and even then it is short term, as was the case with the Maine shooter.

"Card recently reported experiencing mental health issues, including hearing voices, and threatened to shoot up a military base in Saco, the law enforcement bulletin said. He was also reported to have been committed to a mental health facility for two weeks over this past summer, according to the bulletin."

So they only gave this nutter 2 weeks after he threatened to shoot up a military base. The ball was dropped. But the ball got dropped in the 80's when the politicians closed almost all the mental health facilities.
Gun control is the cheap band aid the politicians used to replace the nuthouses with. It has failed over and over and over and over again, but neither side to this day wants to pony up the money to build mental health facilities and house the nutters, not even the violent ones. Endless billions for Ukraine, the same for Israel, but not one penny spent to house violent nutters. They just want to take YOUR guns away so you can't protect yourself.
I give a huge FUCK YOU to both parties, but a bigger one to the democrats for not only assisting in creating the situation, but for pushing gun control too.

Wellness check, no 4th 4 U

I was reading about welfare/wellness checks conducted by the police. Some of these have resulted in death. Police conduct those on people if someone calls them stating they think that person has mental health issues. The cops don't need a warrant to force entry into your home for a wellness check. This is do gooderism gone horribly wrong.
A cop is neither a psychiatrist or psychologist, and is in no way fit to determine anyone's mental health. Anyone can call a wellness check on anyone. So it could be a relative who is legitimately concerned, but it could just as easily be some asshole out to get you hassled by the cops. When a cop shows up you have no right to silence. If you refuse to talk to the cop they can drag you by force to a psych hospital. If you resist they will beat or kill you. From what I read the smartest thing is to go outside, close your door behind you and tell the cop you are fine. See, if you let the cop in, they can and will use that excuse to snoop around looking for anything illegal. Even if you meet them outside, a particularly nasty cop can still insist on entry to your domicile.
Now if someone does legitimately have mental problems, or is just really upset because they got some bad news, the last person they want to see is a cop. Unless you are actively being mugged no one likes forced encounters with the police.

Naturally someone who is upset or mentally unstable will get more so after encountering a cop. And naturally the cop will escalate that situation till it becomes violent. Police should not be allowed to force contact with people who are not crime suspects just because some nervous ninny relative or spiteful asshole makes a phone call. During a wellness check you have no rights, you can only tell the cop you are ok in a polite, calm tone of voice and hope he goes away.