>>819Manga costs around $10-15 and you get 150 to 200 pages. Karbo's 'Check and Mate' is $10 for 77 pages of quality content. I have little interest in pokemon so I'm unfamiliar with the names but doubt all of those artists are good enough to justify $30 for 100 pages.
I'm guessing all the artists want their royalties so they have to provide at a rate which the better of the group are happy with, rather than what each individual deserves. If they didn't I can only imagine the hurt feelings. Yet no reason to punish the consumer because they can't be tough with their business.
Still it is their right to charge what they want, as is our right to walk away.