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Are you sure that Twitter account is genuine? Doesn't sound like him. Being on Twitter in the first placxe, I mean.
It's verified I believe. Did surprise me but he's hardly taking selfies or mentioning he had toast for breakfast, just loads of bile and spite!
No, there are different levels of depth writers, etc. go into. Some have simple, dualistic worldviews of good vs evil, while others delve into more ambiguous areas. Some accept the status quo or reinforce stereotypes, others deconstruct them or challenge them head on.
A lot of magic-y stuff in a lot of comics, novels, etc. for instance are cliched rubbish borrowed primarily from whatever the write read elsewhere, or the same tired tropes.
To Moore's credit, he knows his stuff in that regard and his discussions of symbols and their effect on consciousness are worth paying attention to. Others just include things because 'they look cool' or because they're aware of common reader associations with them.
As for fantasy being detrimental, views such as Wertham's have been largely discredited anyway.
It's verified I believe. Did surprise me but he's hardly taking selfies or mentioning he had toast for breakfast, just loads of bile and spite!
I think things do need a change but that's not going to happen when you have two superhero heavy giants (one now owned by an even bigger firm in Disney!) and they have cash cows that are from the 40s 50s 60s that are guaranteed box office...
A 40 year old nerd has more money than a 12 year old nerd, so sadly that's the way forward...
I don't even think it's the big two's fault. Where's the underground stuff? Where's the distributors wanting to take a chance? We do have occasional spurts of interest such as Viz, Walking Dead/Zombie titles, manga/anime and so forth, but just feel it needs more of a movement...
Also amazed by the lack of online stuff. So easy to get a comic or animation worldwide now, but nothing seems to have gone truly huge to the point that it's a phenomena...
Is that a problem? To Moore it is...
As one of those kids from fifty years ago, I agree with him.
{runs away}
Under-25s are a minority of comic readers? Really? That's not sarcasm --I'm genuinely confused by this point. From my experience the comic book audience are a massive chunk of the readers. My local comic book shop is kept in business by twenty-something Marvel fans and Magic the Gathering players with a minority of dedicated older comic fans. And I know that's far from a universal way of keeping shop, but every comic shop I've been in across the UK has had mostly younger shoppers and a lot of what I see online supports this appearance of a young, vocal comic reading community.
I had a google for stats and found this survey which found 56% of comic readers are under 25 -- the majority.
(I'm sorry if my tone's not been on form in this thread, everyone -- I'm exhausted and work's been crazy. I really love comics so I can get carried away discussing them and, while I can be critical, I'm optimistic about their future.)
Under-25s are a minority of comic readers? Really? That's not sarcasm --I'm genuinely confused by this point. From my experience the comic book audience are a massive chunk of the readers. My local comic book shop is kept in business by twenty-something Marvel fans and Magic the Gathering players with a minority of dedicated older comic fans. And I know that's far from a universal way of keeping shop, but every comic shop I've been in across the UK has had mostly younger shoppers and a lot of what I see online supports this appearance of a young, vocal comic reading community.
I had a google for stats and found this survey which found 56% of comic readers are under 25 -- the majority.
(I'm sorry if my tone's not been on form in this thread, everyone -- I'm exhausted and work's been crazy. I really love comics so I can get carried away discussing them and, while I can be critical, I'm optimistic about their future.)