Need Articles or Books for an Essay ~~3

Konnichi wa, minna-san! I have a writing assignment (a persuasive-argumentive essay) to do that I really want to write about anime or manga. I would really appreciate the help to any articles or books (or your opinions too) that consider anime/manga a good thing or a bad thing - just some general thoughts to get me started.

Thank you!! K-chan =(^-^)=

: the name of which I forget, but it was a really good treatment of comics : as literature, and he wrote some very insightful things about manga and : their differences from American comics. Overall, McCloud's POV is : pro-comic and pro-manga, but mostly it's just a really good analysis of : the genre. (Oh, and the book is in graphic novel form

There's an author in the US named Scott McCloud, who wrote _ZAP!_ and some other manga-influenced comics. He also wrote a book about comics, the name of which I forget, but it was a really good treatment of comics as literature, and he wrote some very insightful things about manga and their differences from American comics. Overall, McCloud's POV is pro-comic and pro-manga, but mostly it's just a really good analysis of the genre. (Oh, and the book is in graphic novel form