I miss covers with substance 3 3

[Ken Aldred]

On 11/26/2021 at 11:26 PM, Randall Ries said:

This cover was one of the last ones that seemed to advertise what we were about to see. It was what we had waited for for over a year to wrap up.

I’d also go with this one…

 

Against that, you can counter argue that it’s a Pietà pose design.

Edited November 27, 2021 by Ken Aldred

[Ken Aldred]

On 11/27/2021 at 12:30 AM, kav said:

Future comics:
No words at all, just pages filled with variant superhero poses.

Too retrogressive. You’re describing a bad 90s Image comic.

[littledoom]

they just don't jump off the wall.. where's the reds, yellows, blues

[nmtg9]

Boomers versus millennials. 🙄

Thought I'd opened Twitter for a moment. 

What we need to recognise is that the world as it is today is the product of people in their 40s, 50s, 60s etc. They were the ones that built the modern world not people currently in their 20s, 30s.

And yeah, modern comics are not as fun (for me) as older ones also. 

 

[Gaard]

Ethel, get me the sheriff.

 

[Coverless 9.8]

If asking someone to get off your lawn is considered the embodiment of curmudgeonly complaining , have you ever heard a young person, or any person, for that matter, welcoming the neighborhood kids to get on his lawn?!  

[Larryw7]

[ADAMANTIUM]

Millennials are 40 year olds for.crying.out loud 😂

 

[Ken Aldred]

On 11/27/2021 at 2:13 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

Millennials are 40 year olds for.crying.out loud 😂

 

The young and fresh-faced boardies.

I've found many modern comics to be great reads.  Perhaps some of us, pushing 60, are still young at heart despite being greyer.

Edited November 27, 2021 by Ken Aldred

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 11/27/2021 at 9:11 AM, Ken Aldred said:

The young and fresh-faced boardies.

I've found many modern comics to be great reads.  Perhaps some of us, pushing 60, are still young at heart despite being greyer.

I agree. Your only as old as the inside. Some of us are old souls to begin with.

Feliz Navidad

[FoggyNelson]

On 11/27/2021 at 3:01 AM, nmtg9 said:

Boomers versus millennials. 🙄

Thought I'd opened Twitter for a moment. 

What we need to recognise is that the world as it is today is the product of people in their 40s, 50s, 60s etc. They were the ones that built the modern world not people currently in their 20s, 30s.

And yeah, modern comics are not as fun (for me) as older ones also. 

 

At my LCS I pick new ones off the shelf an browse thru them an then put them back , they hurt my eyes😰 an then I go to back issue section👍😷‼️

[Fisionbomb]

This right here is one of the many reasons behind why people can't comprehend their "brand new off the shelf" books aren't getting 9.8.

On 11/27/2021 at 10:20 AM, FoggyNelson said:

At my LCS I pick new ones off the shelf an browse thru them an then put them back

 

[Poekaymon]

On 11/27/2021 at 12:41 AM, Ken Aldred said:

Not all modern comics are rubbish.

As I stated in a thread elsewhere, for example, Simon Spurrier’s recent Hellblazer series is quite brilliant.

I’m a grey-haired boomer.

There are some bright spots of which a few hoary boarders who endlessly bleat "dreck, dreck" are too dismissive.  There has been some good independent stuff in the last decade.  And even if you just want to look at Marvel, I think a fair amount of Hickman's stuff is good--X-Men, Fantastic Four, Avengers.  And some Stracyznski.  Bendis's Daredevil.  Al Ewing's Immortal Hulk.  Jason Aaron's Thor and Wolverine.  I'm critical in general, and I do think overall it has gone downhill, but it's not all terrible.  

Edited November 27, 2021 by Poekaymon

[Courageous Cat]

On 11/26/2021 at 7:30 PM, kav said:

Future comics:
No words at all, just pages filled with variant superhero poses.

Bruh! Your cracking myass up 

[Courageous Cat]

I find it difficult to argue Kav's point. I've looked at the inside of these modern books and theres hardly any dialect and mostly graphics for several dollars per copy. I guess I dont get it either but it may have a lot to do with being 53

[kav]

On 11/27/2021 at 2:31 PM, Courageous Cat said:

I find it difficult to argue Kav's point. I've looked at the inside of these modern books and theres hardly any dialect and mostly graphics for several dollars per copy. I guess I dont get it either but it may have a lot to do with being 53

As noted above there are exceptions-brubaker/phllips for example, but generally speaking modern comics from the major publishers are pretty bad.

[Ken Aldred]

If only we could go back to the halcyon days of Bronze Age purple prose. 

Those writers gave you value for money, word-wise.

Compression, not decompression!

Edited November 27, 2021 by Ken Aldred

[kav]

On 11/27/2021 at 2:48 PM, Ken Aldred said:

If only we could go back to the halcyon days of Bronze Age purple prose. 

Those writers gave you value for money, word-wise.

This is my cup of tea:

Edited November 27, 2021 by kav

[Ken Aldred]

On 11/27/2021 at 10:52 PM, kav said:

This is my cup of tea:
http://www.chasingamazingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/SpectacularMag2_05.jpg

You can still encounter verbosity in modern comics.

Edited November 27, 2021 by Ken Aldred

[kav]

On 11/27/2021 at 2:53 PM, Ken Aldred said:

You can still find verbosity in modern comics.

where for godsake?  every book I open off stands has like 10 words total.