Why are manga authors so reluctant to draw their own faces in their works?


Although not every manga has the author(s) drawing depictions of themselves,
many do and I have yet to come across an example where it was anything other
than the ‘chibi’ or superdeformed style of drawing when it was supposed to be
a human face.

Anthropomorphic animals, non-human avatars, masks, and so on are also popular.

Sometimes it becomes so exaggerated it seems silly and intentionally self-
demeaning.

Clearly it’s an established trope, or standard, by now but why?

