The stretching, or padding of a story you refer to isn't widescreen at all, it's decompression. This is something that has existed in Japanese comics for decades. The manga stuff has more to offer than simply big feet, wide eyes and speedlines. That's just surface sheen. The best thing about it to my mind is the almost perfect marriage between comics and movies storytelling approaches. Shirow is raw energy and power, Otomo is restrained pacing that is almost a movie storyboard. This stuff resonated with me the minute I saw it as it connected with a lot of ideas that had been brewing in me for years before I got distracted by trying to emulate the approaches of others instead of having the confidence and conviction to follow my own instincts.
Brian Hitch, the penciler on Marvel's Ultimates and Warren Ellis' run on the Authority speaks out on his spin on "wide screen" comic books, decommpresion and his philosophy about his artwork. More in link.
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