tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post5787045011681368640..comments2023-10-21T05:56:16.979-07:00Comments on Mold Breaker: Because Ellis and Tom asked.Mr Goodsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990879366082004882noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post-10213736789655894772016-02-05T10:35:05.639-08:002016-02-05T10:35:05.639-08:00My 2 cents: I don't think the downfall was the...My 2 cents: I don't think the downfall was the retail outlets but the audience that the companies decided to cater to. When comics are written for the 50 year old collector rather than for kids it's just natural that kids aren't going to be interested in the product. I think Marty is right as well... there's just a lot of other things (video games) for kids to do with their time. And comics are just too expensive... for kids and grown ups.Rickarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730754739317666560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post-63207547340565632882016-02-03T19:11:08.504-08:002016-02-03T19:11:08.504-08:00Love this post, Ben. As Tom said, very thoughtful ...Love this post, Ben. As Tom said, very thoughtful and thought-provoking. I wonder if, more than the method of delivery, is today's problem with comics-n-kids more about the crowded marketplace where comics have to compete for a kid's attention? Back long ago we only got a few hours of specialty cartoons on Saturday morning...now they have entire networks--not to mention videos of mighty movies and of course the internets....<br><br>...altho' books still sell strongly to kids. And everytime I go to Barnes & Noble the manga aisle is littered with kids camped out reading vampire porn.Davis Chinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168954208679712542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post-67018705808458922672016-02-02T19:17:11.298-08:002016-02-02T19:17:11.298-08:00There was a panel on kids and comics at the Fest t...There was a panel on kids and comics at the Fest two years ago. The panelists were going on about kids comics, but couldn't see that selling the Simpsons Comics in a comic book store was being ironic, not kid friendly. I asked Scott Shaw!, on the panel, about Archie Comics being on the check out line in supermarkets, like where kids are, and he went off on how rotten Archie is, was, and will always be to creatives, so he did not address the supermarket marketing thing.BDMontaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10668132947298479801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post-71022522270582439932016-02-02T10:41:57.512-08:002016-02-02T10:41:57.512-08:00I just finished the 4 issue run of Congo Bill. I b...I just finished the 4 issue run of Congo Bill. I bought it with the mistaken idea it was an all Corben art project. I liked the guy that did the interior art, but he's no Corben. And finally, I learned the fantasy of a man trading his brain with a gorilla via magic ring astral projection was about .01 percent of the story. It was mainly a liberal white guilt puke out of a story about exploiting Africa by corporate interests. I was honestly angry after reading it. I wasn't upset with political disagreement. I was upset that someone made a lefty comic book built on top of a favorite childhood fantasy.<br>I can't find a picture of Scott Cunningham on the internet. I always like to see pictures of people that have committed crimes. He happens to share the same name as an author that wrote wicca witchcraft books. Wicca wins on the internet.MrGoodson2https://www.blogger.com/profile/02329640961760572269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post-51760944419587023222016-02-02T07:12:32.174-08:002016-02-02T07:12:32.174-08:00Thanks for the thoughts Ben. Very interesting take...Thanks for the thoughts Ben. Very interesting take on how all the comic book events of the past 40 years are tied together. There's much to what you say. If those things were the cause, does it suggest a solution to the problem? Could the type of comics-for-kids we all miss be resurrected somehow? I will have to ponder it a bit. Thought-provoking...Tom Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11624247648988106639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751429.post-1316464339356919982016-01-31T20:48:16.984-08:002016-01-31T20:48:16.984-08:00Very well reasoned. So I assume you cut and pasted...Very well reasoned. So I assume you cut and pasted it from somewhere.<br><br>No, I think you're right. The big kids took over and exactly what Tom was complaining about occurred- the writing for wonder and fantasy started to disappear.<br><br>Trade paperbacks is what we get in return. Pitches for movies a lot of the time. <br><br>Fascinating that Marvel could let their whole farm team of future product wither and die the way it has.MrGoodson2https://www.blogger.com/profile/02329640961760572269noreply@blogger.com