One thing about comic books that I guess still goes on today is the overly unnecessary emphasis on the wrong words, the ones that shouldn't've been emphasized at all. I remember that only in superhero titles cuz they're the ones I read mostly. Do they still do that and why did they ever?
This seems to be the best place to post this. Last week's Dallas Observer (www.dallasobserver.com) had an article entitled "Pain and Ink". It was an excellent article on the health of the comics industry. Thought I'd bring to the attention of any and all who may be interested.
Enjoyed the article. Thanks Ben!
Here is a direct link:
http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2000-08-10/feature.html/page1.html
Glad you liked the article, Jessica. I've always liked to read Robert Wilonsky's article from back when he was writing for The Dallas Times Herald. You may disagree with him, but he's got a great sense of humor. He's also very knowledgeable about comics. For The Observer he's written articles about Neil Gaimen, comics being adapted into movies/TV shows and how female characters in comics are abused.
And thanks Cornpone for providing the direct link. Hadn't figured out how that works, yet. (Never said I was a genius, y'know.)
KAM, maybe you can find a more appropriate place for this, but in case nobody's heard, the Philadelphia Inquirer wants its comics strips for free. Bad enough that you can hardly read comics strips anymore because of their tiny size, now they're asking the creators to work without pay. yay. Look, if the paper wants the strips for free, why don't they do like I do and read them online?
Good grief!
Amazing the junk one finds when cleaning up. I was resorting my comics and I discovered I had 6 issues of The Superhero Catalogue. Anyone remember this thing? Graduates of the Kubert School would draw pictures of various products for sale (including posters & books by other artists). I am such a pack rat.