Comments on: Brevoot Tackles Ageism — Are Respected Creators Owed Anything?

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 15:32:16 +0000

Cory, very true.

James, thanks for the update. There are too many fans like that, the ones who think “it doesn’t matter what people in the jobs think, I know better how to do things”.

And yes, there’s already too much navel-gazing in superhero comics… locking out new talent would only make the problem worse.

By: James Schee

James Schee — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 15:28:46 +0000

I notice that the fan who Tom was responding to posted a rebuttal. Basically handwaving away all of the arguments to restate that the past creators would be huge sellers despite Tom’s evidence to the contrary.

One of the oddest things I see in the argument is that it seems like the fan doesn’t believe new talent should be given a try. While I don’t think you toss the old talent to the side, I think there has to be room for new voices. Otherwise you get to the point where everything feels like a retread, which happens far too often in superhero comics anyway.

By: Cory!! Strode

Cory!! Strode — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 17:32:53 +0000

The other dirty little secret when it comes to “classic” creators is that the style of comics storytelling has changed, and many of them have not changed along with it. In the 80’s, there was a very specific way of telling comic book stories, one that treated a comic book series like a long-running soap opera where you could stretch out overarcing plots for YEARS (look at how Iron Man told a story of Tony Stark becoming a drunk and losing his company, only to get it back in the fist-fight…it lasted 40 issues, from 160 – 200). Now, fans complain about a story that lasts 6 issues, but when you get a creator who tries storytelling like that in the 80’s, the book fails quickly.

Besides, a story that was fun for 25 cents to a dollar might not be worth $3.