Talk:Manga iconography

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[edit] Not only not Verifiable, it's wrong

"A red cheek denotes embarrassment or blushing."

1. Back in the Manga article, it says that manga is usually printed in black & white. And so it is, and has been for a long time in Japan, and, more recently, in the United States and Europe. So how do we have a RED cheek?

2. "Red" cheeks are often depicted by cross-hatching, shading, or the use of screen tones. They MIGHT denote embarassment or blushing but they can also denote sexual arousal or fury.

I think I might tackle more of this page as time permits. For example, there are NO citations for anything at all.

Timothy Perper 20:02, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Sorry if I sounded peeved up there, but this is the kind of careless writing that I truly don't like... Timothy Perper 23:32, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

Propose merge of face fault and sweat drop into this article. KyuuA4 (talk) 18:35, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Merge sweatdrop in there. Face Fault is fine as it is, and is very informative. ZeroGiga (Contact) 16:43, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Support. I think both face fault and sweat drop should be merged into this article. The manga visual style needs to be discussed as a whole, not as separate entities. Many illustrators will use multiple sets of visual clues (icons) when drawing scenes, even on the same panel (see Genshiken and Love Hina manga as examples). David Bailey (talk) 11:41, 27 May 2008 (UTC)