HudsonPhillips

I just posted an essay along the same lines... and I completely agree. The conclusion that I've come to is that the comics industry will never entice an audience who doesn't embrace the classic art forms.  Millions of people go to the movies, but the book industry is slowing shrinking.  And you read comics, you don't view them.  The majority of people just don't read.  ...

Ron - Really great thoughts! My issue with reading bad comics is that if everyone reads bad comics, then the companies are going to start making them.  There's no consumer backlash for creating a bad book if you read it just because you love the character. The same thing is true in movies.  That's why they keep making crappy ones, but I go see movies that I know are going to be ba...

AlexG - Thank you!  I'm glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way.  Mario - You are correct, but I was expecting this issue to be a "catch up" for Final Crisis, and it wasn't.  I did pick up Secret Invasion and enjoyed it, even though I'm not deep in the Marvel U, so hopefully Final Crisis will be the same. Conor - You are correct.  It didn't live up to my ...

I don't read the spiderman books or the flash (or much dc at all, really). So, from my perspective, both of these news bits were "meh."  There's already a Flash, so it's not like they are bringing back "the Flash."  Just one of the Flashes.  I don't know this Flash, so why should that be interesting to me?  I guess it just doesn't seem like a news bit ...

Ugh... man, what a rip.  i was really excited about the idea of that.  Oh well... back to boredom.

My favorite bit about what to do with old comics comes from, I believe, Joe Quesada - He said that when he finishes a comic, he just leaves it wherever he is.  On the train, in the waiting room, on the bench, at the airport... wherever he is when he finishes the book, he leaves it.  This provides the opportunity for those who may never pick up a comic to pick one up and flip through ...

There are some fantastic nominations on here.  This is the first Eisner's I've ever really paid attention to and I'm excited. Question: Both mainstream and indie books are well represented but why is no Manga represented on the list?  Those are, indeed, comic books, right?  I can understand ths divide in an opinion-oriented site like iFanboy, but the Eisner's are suppose to re...

Josh, your thoughts on trimming down DC & Marvel are great.  It would be an industry driven by story, not by sales... (which is why it will never happen.)  I would also like to see a line (like All Star or Ultimate) where they don't just create a new continuity, but where there is no continuity.  A line where creators can come in and do whatever they want with a character....

It's true that there is no wrong or right way to collect comics.  It's all what you feel like doing. However, the idea of "following the player" is something most people are used to.  You might read everything by Stephen King.  If someone writes a sequel to a Stephen King book, you may not buy it... because it's not King.  And sometimes his books aren't good, but...