They seem to have a rather more normal depiction of women, even though I have to admit that it gets old that just about every adult (not in the porn sense, merely in the sense of being intended for adults) comic book here feels the need to have female nudity at some point or other. Then again, one might argue the series intended for children or for all ages - Tintin, Asterix, and the like - are the best ones anyhow.

Or, you know, there's comics in the American tradition or at least made by Americans that have more depth and less stereotypes, be it Maus, Sandman, or other stuff.

I just never got what is so interesting about all these endless series of superheroes. No doubt some of them have good stories, I'm not saying they don't, but I don't get why superheroes are so dominant in American comics, other than the humour genre and the occasional Maus, to the point where "comics" = Marvel and/or DC. I guess it's a matter of what you're used to - certainly some of the comics we read here have supernatural aspects, and on occasion even characters you could call superheroes, but in general they have much more focus on (relatively) normal characters. And of course I'm used to series that are the exclusive property of one or a handful of writers and artists, rather than franchises owned by the company on which the names of the artists and writers are of secondary importance. Which I would argue likely helps with things like the depiction of women as well - when an artist or writer shamelessly objectifies women, it's he who will be taking the criticism for that, not the company, and he can't point at tradition as an excuse.