IMO, C.C. Beck was right about comic art and storytelling: they have to mesh. That's the other reason I like manga.
Many mangas, especially the ones I listed in my previous post, Yu Yu Hakusho, City Hunter and a few others, read like the best of the Golden and Silver Ages: tight storytelling, jokes and humorous parts that are actually funny, and excellent characterization.
Sure, there are some long "arcs" (the longest I've seen was five parts so far), but you're not left wondering "where's the rest?" when you get to the end, and the shorter stories don't seem like they're "just filler".
