Why European Comics is Different than North American Comics, Example #2842 In this article, Didier Pasamonik rips into Belgian officials for what he perceives as that country's wavering public support for and lack of administrative savvy applied to the comics arts. Even in a Bizarro World where the U.S. government fostered comics-related shows and festivals and museums, I could never imagine someone making a comparison between comics and other supported arts using high-profile classical music hires.