tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post1756881527471146085..comments2024-02-12T15:32:07.208-05:00Comments on The Comic Book Catacombs: This here is a run-out-the-clock situation.Chuck Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04529750105224374839noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-68748387531468436382017-09-16T20:02:51.705-04:002017-09-16T20:02:51.705-04:00I'm a little younger, but have the same basic ...I'm a little younger, but have the same basic criticisms of the industry. A few years back I decided to start intentionally looking for good indie webcomics. As of now, Miss Melee is my favorite. If anybody has found other superhero webcomics they enjoy, I'd appreciate hearing about them.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168683269565450013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-62339469894487360822016-10-09T03:40:29.583-04:002016-10-09T03:40:29.583-04:00Isn't there a quote from Godfather, "I...Isn't there a quote from Godfather, "I'm out, but they always want to pull me back in"? (Something to that effect.)<br /><br />I'm 46, and have been reading comics since around 1978, collecting since 1980 or so, and sometimes leaving the books behind for real life issues, yet always coming back. I do love comics, my mother and uncle both helped to fan my interest with Batman w/Neal Adams' art. But after reading your post, I feel sometimes that I buy out of habit, not for the fun the books once held, now there's too much pandering to different PC groups with characters, or 'events' that occur every 4-6 months for 6 issues plus 5-6 tie ins that promise to be 'character'or 'earth' changing events, to be just another excuse to renumber a bunch of titles back to #1, which doesn't mean a thing anymore, and hasn't for a long time. <br /><br />I want the fun back in these books, waiting a month for the new book...now DC gives fans 2 books a month! Price changes, 22 pages of story/art for 2.99 - 4.99, sometimes more depending! (Looking at you Dark Knight III!)<br /><br />I'm definitely thinning my list of titles, but my inner child doesn't want to give them all up...yet.AJC70https://www.blogger.com/profile/00289721814701252542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-56692107047225700282016-08-04T03:58:38.042-04:002016-08-04T03:58:38.042-04:00I posted a comment and at the end was: "I'...I posted a comment and at the end was: "I'm only saddend that I didn't recognize it years ago." I meant to write "I'm only saddend that I didn't recognize even further back than just a few years ago ".Oscar Solishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05266668061798353541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-312119523665101352016-08-04T03:45:55.090-04:002016-08-04T03:45:55.090-04:00As I'm about your age, I pretty much agree wit...As I'm about your age, I pretty much agree with your comments but I'd reached that conclusion a few years back. We are not the audience for the Big Two comics and that's okay. I don't mind because there are lots of other stories to enjoy, whether comics or not. Frankly, I'm tired of the whole superhero genre with it's pointless gimmicks as well as Star Wars (still like the first one), Star Trek, Harry Potter and most, if not all, of what passes for popular culture these days. I have zero intention of ever seeing Suicide Squad or any other superhero movies. Indeed, I've not seen most Marvel or DC movies and don't feel like I've missed a thing. And that's okay because I don't have a need to see, nor desire to discuss those movies.<br /><br />This does not mean that I dislike comic books. I love the medium but for me it's always been about artists rather than characters. But I'm now enjoying work that isn't found on comic book store shelves as well old favorites like Usagi Yojimbo, Sergio Aragones, whatever I can find of Dan Spiegle's work, any reprints of work by Milton Caniff and other cartoonists like Tom Sutton and Rand Holmes. There are also artists like Jaime Chase whose First World was fun to read. I'm discovering the work of cartoonists who's work is, so far, only available on the web or extremely limited print runs. There is a lot of rubbish that is horribly amateurish, but there are also works by artists inspired by none of the usual suspects, who draw inspiration from children's book illustrators, turn of the century artists, et al. That's not to say it's all great. Some of the graphic novels aimed at young readers are pretty lousy, too hip, etc. But there is still some okay stuff out there.<br /><br />So, I don't miss what passes for most popular comics these days. I'm only saddend that I didn't recognize it years ago. I will always have the stories I enjoyed in the past but as far as missing anything new from the big two, I'm not concerned. The big two will definitely survive without me and based on much of the work that is being put out I'll definitely survive without them.Oscar Solishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05266668061798353541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-5569970686986324662016-07-14T09:25:37.528-04:002016-07-14T09:25:37.528-04:00I have been reading your blog for a while now. Nev...I have been reading your blog for a while now. Never commented. What initially caught my interest was all the great golden age jungle stories you listed. I started buying the PS Artbooks with all the reprint stuff and it was great to see a blog showing off these great old titles.<br /><br />I agree with you ENTIRELY about modern comics. I am 55 years old. White, male, old-school. I can remember my grandma buying me Superman comics as far back as 1968.<br /><br />My story mirrors yours. Loved the 1970's Bronze Age. Started drifting away from comics when I became aware of the opposite sex! When DC had the initial Crisis Event, it caught my attention. (1985. Actual stores that catered to comics was a new thing!) I held on for through the rest of the 1980's. Liked McFarlane on Spidey, etc.<br /><br />By the early 1990's, I was seriously tired of the "Big Two." Image came on the scene and I enjoyed it a lot. I felt like a kid again. Drifted away from Image by 2000. Jumped back on board the "Big Two" to go back to my roots.<br /><br />I hung in there for a while. I thought (hoped?) that when DC did the New 52 reboot it was going t be like starting fresh again (like 1968!).<br /><br />I became very disappointed very soon. The pandering to...what audience... I don't know. All the switching around of such great iconic characters. You know the rest...<br /><br />I am done as well! There are decades worth of fantastic books, character, etc., going from the 1930's through the 1970's. After that...there were moments that somewhat captured the magic.<br /><br />But those days are now over. WE are no longer anywhere near the so-called target audiences.<br /><br />Leaves a lot of time to read all the great books. I love your site and your posts. I'll keep checking your blog every day - even for the mountain of old posts!<br /><br />Best of luck to you and happy reading!<br /><br />(I chose "anonymous" because I don't have any of the accounts listed below!)<br /><br />Robert G.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-7767042370647886092016-07-13T15:46:31.133-04:002016-07-13T15:46:31.133-04:00I can't read comics any more. No humor, storie...I can't read comics any more. No humor, stories that lack any logic or insight and too much thoughtless violence. I stopped buying 10 years ago. Ironically, the last thing I bought was a Darwyn Cooke comic.Andy 7https://www.blogger.com/profile/10212977920568255479noreply@blogger.com