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 | | Until the mid-'eighties, the amateur manga world was composed largely of would-be professional manga artists, amateur manga critics, and the fan clubs of professional artists. |
 | | Manga, however, like literature, is a medium that requires very little capital, which may be part of the reason why it has become a lucrative form of income for so many women artists. |
 | | In commercial manga magazines, by contrast, the top editors are almost all male, and will not publish pieces that violate "editorial policy." Yet even commercial publishers have created "alternative" manga magazines as well as lines of novels dedicated to this genre. |
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