Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
Discussion of comics, graphic novels, and more. Except for capes. No capes!
Please use spoiler font for new releases until after the weekend following release.
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.
Wikipedia tells me that in fiction mainstream is the opposite of genre. I think comics will always be genre. Now I'm confusing myself.
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.
Spellcheck was right on the second of the two; it's Spider-Man. t /pedant
Batman, on the other hand, is never wrong.
Except when it's "The Batman".
Except when it's "The Batman".
Or "The Goddamn Batman!"
Still got the spellcheck error. Do I on Spider-Man? Why no.
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.
In "Whatever Happened To..." news, David Mazzucchelli has a graphic novel coming out: [link]
Huh, I figured the discussion in here was about the new Buffy issue, so I didn't come in until I read it! I liked it, even though I don't remember who the hell Simone and Nisha are. I'm a little confused about the Ragna demon and the whole not-killing-it part. The issue felt like it would make a good episode, which is something I haven't felt in a while.