I definitely feel like there's been an issue with the hiring, but I also feel that the comic industry has completely misunderstood as to how they are supposed to appeal to a new generation. They're also trying to play things safe by using established superhero personas and put a new character in it or completely changing an old one. The writers also seem to reduce characters to rather simply identities that makes them feel like caricatures. And they try to make characters be liked and loved and awesome at times, to the point where you feel completely detached to the character.
On the other hand, mangas are rising, rather organically, due to having a rather wide appeal and being filled with action and interesting concepts. Part of this has also been helped by other mediums, like Web Novels and Light Novels. Especially the former seems like something missing in the West, allowing for people to really make attempts at creating interesting stories. Heck, the Isekai genre, hated and loved, have managed to create some pretty interesting and eye catching variation. From standard fantasy faire, to serious stories, to edgy stories, to almost ridiculous things ("in another world with your OP mom bugging you", "in another world as a vending machine", "in another world as a sex worker", "in another world as a spider"). Mangas also have the benefit of having a spurling animated medium as well, compared to western superhero comics.
Then again, mangas also tend to have a problem with story over time (like they get to a point where the pacing gets terrible after a 100 chapters or more), with power scaling and knowing when to finish a story. Bleach, Tokyo Ghoul, Naruto (and even One Piece, due to many arcs), tend to fall into this problem with a problem with keeping the story good and interesting.
I wonder if socially media driven stories could be an avenue for more writers to come with ideas, whereupon publishers can fight for publishing the best of those stories. A good example of the many ways to approach a medium in the modern times is the Norwegian teen show "Skam". It was done as a web show, with them being posted as clips at the moment that the event happen in the story, while also including social media profiles for each of the characters. It became ridiculously popular and was later compiled into episodes. So popular it was that tons of countries have made their own Skam remakes (US, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, etc.).
I think innovation and getting a large amount of writers to compete, would do a lot to help. And having editors that aren't useless.
Another thing is also how a lot of modern comics fail in interesting drama and in having a good build up of arcs and longer storylines.
The distribution model is also interesting, as while I think it's an issue, I don't see how any specific distribution method would help get more kids into comics. And more so keep them buying comics into their teens. Society has changed so much, that I feel it's harder to get a new generation that'll allow for growth. Then again, manga/anime has shown that there are plenty of people interested in "fantastical" heroic characters, even if they didn't grow up with it and even though it's very different from traditional western superhero comics.
Keeping up with people like Richard Myer
You mean Richard Meyer? Aka Ya Boi Zack? Aka D&C?
I prefer his general comic critique (when it's good and varied), though his observations about the industry are interesting to a degree, if they weren't so repetitive. His movie taste is hilarious though.
I think my favorite video is this one, which is a severely underappreciated video:
