Comics stuff

[captain_slinky]

if i were a Comic Book Writer and/or Artist, I'd do as many conventions as possible and pay extra-special attention to the kids between 10 and 15 years old. Because for those kids *this* is The Golden Age of Comics. This is the time that they will look back on and say "Man, Comics are no where NEAR as good today as they were when I was 12!"

For me it's stuff like the original X-Factor (back when it was the original line-up of the X-Men pretending to be Mutant Hunters so they could find young mutants and help them), New Mutants ("They're gonna be the next X-Men!"), West Coast Avengers (Hawkeye leading a new team?) and the Man Of Steel Limited Series (OMG THEY JUST RE-DID SUPERMAN!!!)

For my older cousin (who got me in to comics in the first place) it was DC's "Dollar Comics".

For my younger cousin, it was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

And for most of the kids who came in to my shop back when I owned it? Their "Golden Age" was The Death Of Superman, the birth of Image Comics and all the sparkly holo-foil die-cut limited edition comics.

Comics will never... NEVER be as good as they were back then.

Comments

[michaelbailey.livejournal.com]

Word.

And how appropriate that I dropped some bank on X-Men issues circa 160-200 today.

[jrsonday.livejournal.com]

I think I knew you owned a shop. When/why did you sell it? Is there a LJ entry I can reference?

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Yes there is an entry about it, about a year ago?

[jrsonday.livejournal.com]

Okay. I will searchify. Thank you!

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

That's bank well spent!

[lynna12000.livejournal.com]

I find it sad that kids would consider THIS to be the golden age of comics. I think that most of what is out there now is absolute.....crap. Even the X-Men stuff is pretty bad these days.

I remember Grell's version of Green Arrow hitting the shelves, Miller's Daredevil, Claremont's 'God Loves, Man Kills'. Now THOSE were awesome, inspiring, 'Golden' comics. Best thing I've seen on the shelves lately is Garth Ennis' 'The Boys'. And that, alas, isn't for kids.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

My older cousin always said the same thing about the comics coming out during MY Golden Age. "Crisis on infinite Earths? Secret Wars? And this great big 'Fall Of The Mutants' cross-over? It's all crap! How can you even read that stuff! Batman Family, Superman Family, GI Combat... now THOSE were awesome and inspiring!"

And I'll end up saying it to Molly when she's old enough, too :)

[lynna12000.livejournal.com]

Batman and Superman Family, and GI Combat were pretty good. Secret Wars, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Fall of the Mutants were definitely Golden. Don't forget Marvel's 'New Universe'. Strike Force Morituri was a favorite. Super Heroes whose powers would burn out after 12 months, and killing the hero at the same time. What made it so good was that the heroes knew the cost of the powers before they got them.

These stories were produced by writers that could write, and artists that had some original vision. Unlike 99% of the junk on the shelves these days. Coloring is pretty, paper is shiny, but it all seems lifeless. I miss the days of newsprint.