Welcome to the Global Comics Project, a program that CBC started to help highlight comic books and stories from areas underrepresented on the 200 Greatest Comics list. Every time an updated to the greatest comics ranking is posted, one of the biggest criticisms I get is that it's too focused on western comics or manga, which, is always very fair feedback. So I set out to add more lists from these lesser known comics powerhouses, but unfortunately, there's not a lot out there on some of these areas. After thinking to myself "man, I wish someone would write about this region," one too many times, I decided to take it upon myself and start making the lists I wanted to see. Obviously, not being from the region, I don't know enough about their scene to make a proper rank, so I decided to poll the industry professionals who would know, so we can have an authentic list made. I reach out to writers, artists, publishers, translators, convention organizers, comic shop owners, and more, all from that specific area to learn more about their comics industry.