Newspapers paying attention to comic books

[Super Mark]

I remember seeing Quiver and Civil War reviewed in an actual newspaper. I liked it because to me, it lent legitimacy to this stuff I'm reading. I've been trying to tell friends for years comics ARE a form of literature, not just for kiddies.

Now our local paper (disclosure: I work there) has decided it would allow one blog. Our police reporter, Matt, is the only one who knows how to work our website, so he somehow convinced the publisher that what a small city in Iowa needs is a comic book blog. Not news, not politics — comics.

So far, he hasn't gotten many hits. I told him I'd post the address here with the Marvel or DC people.

http://www.ottumwa.com/comicgeeks

With all of us fans out there, I can't imagine this is unique to Iowa. But when you find something like this, please check it out; bosses
decide whether to continue making space for this stuff based on the number of hits.

 

[TruSake]

comics ARE a form of literature, not just for kiddies.

There is a lot of killing, cussing and sex going on in comics (read X-men in the last few years?) I really doubt that anyone can think it's for kiddies. It's like TV, except with fictional characters.

 

[PhotoJones]

It's like TV, except with fictional characters.

Haha. So, TV characters are all non-fictional, real people?

 

[Galact-Gal]

He was probably thinking of reality TV. There are so many of those kind of shows on, it's hard to find a show with fictional characters t: .


(Ottumwa? Isn't that where Radar O'Reilly came from?)

 

[DoomJester]

There is a lot of killing, cussing and sex going on in comics (read X-men in the last few years?) I really doubt that anyone can think it's for kiddies. It's like TV, except with fictional characters.

You'd be surprised. They think it's for kids so they never actually bother to read them, so they don't see that many comics seem to be written for the around 18 crowd. But many comics are still bad, I think, and you can have violence and cursing but that doesn't make you an adult.

 

[Super Mark]

I think the level of sophistication has gone up since, let's say, the 70s; a lot of books are more than just two super powered guys pounding on each other.

 

[PhotoJones]

Like WWH?