Uh, I know. I don't think that proves that comics were "mainstream" back then, though.
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Steph L. - Mar 07, 2009 7:50:49 am PST #2147 of 5059
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Frankenbuddha - Mar 07, 2009 7:51:22 am PST #2148 of 5059
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Comics have finally joined the mainstream.
Comics have always been mainstream in one form or another. Being taken seriously as an artform is a whole other kettle of kippers.
Steph L. - Mar 07, 2009 7:54:22 am PST #2149 of 5059
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Comics have always been mainstream in one form or another. Being taken seriously as an artform is a whole other kettle of kippers.
You know, that's more what I was thinking and obviously couldn't articulate.
Though I'm reading "mainstream" as "pop culture commonly consumed by people other than niche markets." Comics have long been considered the realm of kids and geeks.
Laga - Mar 07, 2009 8:38:36 am PST #2150 of 5059
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Wikipedia tells me that in fiction mainstream is the opposite of genre. I think comics will always be genre. Now I'm confusing myself.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 07, 2009 11:58:26 am PST #2151 of 5059
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Though I'm reading "mainstream" as "pop culture commonly consumed by people other than niche markets." Comics have long been considered the realm of kids and geeks.
It also gets confusing if you throw comic strips into the mix. That was where comic books evolved from, but they took different paths.
I also think the horror comics freak-out in the 50s made comic books (as opposed to strips) a pariah form of entertainment for a long time. But everyone still knows who Superman, Batman, Spiderman, etc. are.
And, hilariously, my spell check just flagged the latter two as mistakes but left Superman as is.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 07, 2009 12:01:27 pm PST #2152 of 5059
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Spellcheck was right on the second of the two; it's Spider-Man. t /pedant
Steph L. - Mar 07, 2009 12:43:27 pm PST #2153 of 5059
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Batman, on the other hand, is never wrong.
Tom Scola - Mar 07, 2009 12:44:31 pm PST #2154 of 5059
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Except when it's "The Batman".
Frankenbuddha - Mar 08, 2009 2:26:57 pm PDT #2155 of 5059
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Except when it's "The Batman".
Or "The Goddamn Batman!"
Still got the spellcheck error. Do I on Spider-Man? Why no.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 08, 2009 4:51:35 pm PDT #2156 of 5059
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
It cracked me up several years ago that I had to make that correction to a set of Art textbooks, as well as changing Star Trek: The Movie to Star Trek: The Motion Picture. It literally paid to be a geek on that project.