text: am i the only one who gets pissed everytime some idiot sees me reading manga and says. "is that comics?" i mean it was okay the first few times but are people really this ignorant? get used to it.  mass pop culture will never catch up to all the sub-varieties of anything.  it can't.  the vast majority is not interested in the huge fine-tuning of what's what if it's not their thing. be an ambassador.  politely agree that, "yes, it's comics", & that it's a japanese form.  then you can go into a two or ten minute dialogue on the subject, depending on the interest which they show.  most non-fans have at least heard of "pokeman", "dragonball z" and a few others.  mention these & gradually segue into what you have & why you like it.  then you can add on what you like which you don't have handy.  deft questioning & a knowledge of the medium will assist you in suggesting something they may like.