Last Visible Blog 2.0

This is the best — THE BEST — analysis of everything that is wrong not only with the comic book direct market and the big two publishers, but the lame ass movements by women who worship at the altar even as they try and tear it down. I cast my vote — I entirely, completely, wholeheartedly agree with the summation from the Comics Journal blog and my suggestion is to just ignore superhero comics and laugh at what they are missing out on in the wider world of “market.” I have long argued that superhero comics need to return to being kid entertainment in order to nurture new markets and, also, return to making any damn sense at all. But the better solution is to ignore them and pass on the better comics that do exist that are kid friendly — Robot Dreams, Houdini the Handcuff King, Laika, Bone, and plenty of others out there — thus ensuring that one day, those kids will read good literature in the form of comics, people like Dan Clowes and Bryan Talbot and Matt Kindt. Besides, if you must buy superhero comics, go out and buy the collections of the good old stuff — Showcase Presents, that sort of thing. Don’t join fandom — be an independent operator.

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