Eros
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HI everyone i hope i dun sound ignorant or anything. But a few weeks ago i was reading a comment from the writer of civil War. He said that "kids will only see a big superhero brawl when they read civil War". Heres thoughts on that statment. In all my 18 years, i have never seen a little kid in a comic book shop actually buy a comic book. I know some of you may have seen them buy some, but im dead serous here, i don't think kids even read like that anymore. When i was kid, i didn't even collect comics, i learned about Marvel superheros from watching those 90s marvel superhero shows. I started reading comics when i was in middleschool for god sakes! Do any of you guys and gals [if you have kids] remeber seeing kids lining up to pick up this weeks hot comic?
Kids today care about the action packed TV shows, and they care about the CG movies etc. The only books the kids read like religion is Harry potter series, and thats where it stops. I don't get the concept that alot of kids read comics anymore, becasue thats IMo untrue. Kids have moved away from reading comics every week, and i assume in about 20 or 30 years the comic industry will be no more. With i-pods and all the new ways people have for getting stuff, reading 32 page books with pictures is not gonna get kids or anyones interest as todays technology is progressing. Some people don't even buy comics in stores anymore, i hear they download them online now. Kids are leaving [or have left] the comics industry, and they ain't comeing back. Comic book shop after comic book shop is closeing down [especially local ones] as you guys know. Comics rely on big sprawling "gimmicks" now to draw in readers. Now unless your name is Batman, Superman and or spider-man [and the othe Lee/kirby creations] chances are the comic book could get canceled. Why don't kids like to read comics anymore [and books] the same reason we spend hours on a computer or watching Tv everyday. Its the sad truth, as our world falls deeper into a techno revolution, old relics like comic books are fadeing away. Ask yourself this, if one guy buys a comic, an then scans it online and makes it avaluable on his web page, would you still buy that comic in the store?
Kids today care about the action packed TV shows, and they care about the CG movies etc. The only books the kids read like religion is Harry potter series, and thats where it stops. I don't get the concept that alot of kids read comics anymore, becasue thats IMo untrue. Kids have moved away from reading comics every week, and i assume in about 20 or 30 years the comic industry will be no more. With i-pods and all the new ways people have for getting stuff, reading 32 page books with pictures is not gonna get kids or anyones interest as todays technology is progressing. Some people don't even buy comics in stores anymore, i hear they download them online now. Kids are leaving [or have left] the comics industry, and they ain't comeing back. Comic book shop after comic book shop is closeing down [especially local ones] as you guys know. Comics rely on big sprawling "gimmicks" now to draw in readers. Now unless your name is Batman, Superman and or spider-man [and the othe Lee/kirby creations] chances are the comic book could get canceled. Why don't kids like to read comics anymore [and books] the same reason we spend hours on a computer or watching Tv everyday. Its the sad truth, as our world falls deeper into a techno revolution, old relics like comic books are fadeing away. Ask yourself this, if one guy buys a comic, an then scans it online and makes it avaluable on his web page, would you still buy that comic in the store?