Great in-depth article, as always from `animationobsessive`.

> he got into alt comics in the orbit of Métal Hurlant, a foreign magazine

This is just a strange phrasing, why not just say it was French? Especially considering the next sentence being

> Meanwhile, an American comic from (...)

Seems to be a case of American-centered view "me vs the rest of the world". Or if it is depicted from Miyazaki point of view, it should be clarified.