Official: Superhero, Comic Book, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, etc... FILM THREAD

[VaderDave]

Possibly, but mainly only for folks who read for too long and see the struggle for new plots and weird storylines.

True. If you're the typical kid/adolescent reader, you probably read for a few years and move on.

 

[smittycl]

True. If you're the typical kid/adolescent reader, you probably read for a few years and move on.

I guess I’m just being a scold. Must be the weather. I mean if folks want “Flame on!” alien sex, then who am I to complain?

 

[VaderDave]

I guess I’m just being a scold. Must be the weather. I mean if folks want “Flame on!” alien sex, then who am I to complain?

I would actually be pretty curious to see the age breakdown of modern comic-book buyers. Are they still kids in canvas sneakers with a slingshot in their back pockets stopping by the corner newsstand for the latest Fantastic Four along with a Wacky Pack of gum and trading cards? Or is it that guy 20 years later, living in mom's basement with a job stocking shelves at night? Or some third thing?

If it turns out that the demographic is skewing older than it used to, then the super weird alien-sex stuff makes a lot of sense, as it is something new/different and also sort of hot in a weird way.

 

[smittycl]

I would actually be pretty curious to see the age breakdown of modern comic-book buyers. Are they still kids in canvas sneakers with a slingshot in their back pockets stopping by the corner newsstand for the latest Fantastic Four along with a Wacky Pack of gum and trading cards? Or is it that guy 20 years later, living in mom's basement with a job stocking shelves at night? Or some third thing?

If it turns out that the demographic is skewing older than it used to, then the super weird alien-sex stuff makes a lot of sense, as it is something new/different and also sort of hot in a weird way.

I asked that question here earlier. As a kid in the 70s we rode our bikes to the various pharmacies every Wednesday to get the new issues. With sling shots, baseball cards and Wacky Packages as mentioned!

@Jr Mouse mentioned folks read digital editions now. I haven’t seen a comic book in the wild in ages.

 

[VaderDave]

I asked that question here earlier. As a kid in the 70s we rode our bikes to the various pharmacies every Wednesday to get the new issues. With sling shots, baseball cards and Wacky Packages as mentioned!

@Jr Mouse mentioned folks read digital editions now. I haven’t seen a comic book in the wild in ages.

Me either. A few years ago our local Barnes & Noble had a comic book section, that eventually became a rotating stand-up magazine rack with a few titles, then nothing. The manga section is huge, though.

 

[mhip]

I mean if folks want “Flame on!” alien sex

Normally, penicillin will clear that right up...

 

[beargonefishing]

I, for one, am curious to find out if she can beat the horse.

Like you haven't already watched that on the horsehub.com

 

[SixOhNine]

Funny fact- I got there by a simple misspelling of the site name, but liked the content so much I just kept coming back!

 

[Jr Mouse]

I would actually be pretty curious to see the age breakdown of modern comic-book buyers. Are they still kids in canvas sneakers with a slingshot in their back pockets stopping by the corner newsstand for the latest Fantastic Four along with a Wacky Pack of gum and trading cards? Or is it that guy 20 years later, living in mom's basement with a job stocking shelves at night? Or some third thing?

If it turns out that the demographic is skewing older than it used to, then the super weird alien-sex stuff makes a lot of sense, as it is something new/different and also sort of hot in a weird way.

It’s skewing older for sure. Not nearly as many kids as there used to be. Thing is the odd ball weird stuff has always been around. That’s why I brought up Silver Age Superhorse and Thanos wanting to hook up with Death.

 

[venividivicibj]

@Jr Mouse mentioned folks read digital editions now. I haven’t seen a comic book in the wild in ages.

I read most of mine on Kindle- you can get full omnibuses (collecting maybe 20-30 comics) for a fraction of the hardcover (or individually collected comic) price

 

[Jr Mouse]

I read most of mine on Kindle- you can get full omnibuses (collecting maybe 20-30 comics) for a fraction of the hardcover (or individually collected comic) price

I couldn’t do b/w comics. The iPad experience isn’t bad if you have newer hardware with a good screen.