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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2015 4:54:05 GMT -5
I'm not sure what age the original creators had in mind when they were visualizing their audience for Superman and Batman The easy way to tell is look at the adverts. CEO's and marketing executives decide which demographic they're shooting for. And retailers do not buy space in a mag that isn't targeting their audience. Sea monkeys and cap guns. Stuff for ten year olds. Candy and bubble gum. Of course those weren't the only advertisements, and they also had the magical muscle formulas and the X-Ray specs for looking at girls, so I'd say the demographic would be somewhere between ten and fifteen. They were NOT advertising motor oil, cool custom hubcaps, or anything I'd assume a 50's teen with a drivers license would be into. I'd also imagine most kids that age were not falling for the X-Ray specs anymore either. When you look at Bronze Age mags all the sudden you see ads for fuel filters, cigars, booze. Obviously a different target audience. They're actually the same exact advertisements I see in old National Geographic magazines. Today's comics seem to still have a bunch of ads for action figures and cartoon DVD's, but I think they're for an adult male demographic. Not the typical adult male demographic of course, but the one that's been cultivated over decades of direct market exclusivity. Nerds. |
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jan 18, 2015 8:59:55 GMT -5
I had some luck recommending Road to Perdition and Bendis' Torso to non-comic fans who enjoy crime fiction. Both are fairly mature works with some historical basis behind the fictional stories. There is a good deal of violence in both though, which may be a turn-off for some.
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Post by antoine on Jan 18, 2015 10:43:33 GMT -5
Lot of great suggestions, thanks everybody!
You are right saying Blanket was quite lenghty, so 500 pages shouldn't be a problem...
I'm gonna give her Essex County next, and then I'll think of a 'superheroes" book (Saga might be a good idea!)
I own Sandman, Promethea and Rat Queens, just haven't read them yet.
I'll report back whit her verdict. Might take some time though, comics are not high on her priority list!!
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Post by Rob Allen on Jan 19, 2015 18:52:27 GMT -5
Also, I think a good superhero comic would be Empowered. It's a spoof on superheroes, particularly the "sexy" kind. If a bit of R rated (but not NC-17 or X rated) sex humor isn't something that would be a dealbreaker. It's surprisingly well written, if you haven't read it. And it's basically an action soap opera with a heavy dose of slapstick comedy. It's really the only super hero comic I could say I like right off the top of my head. Empowered sounds interesting; I'll keep an eye out for it. Your description reminds me of Love & Capes, which is a superhero romantic comedy, and which I highly recommend. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2015 0:15:29 GMT -5
Also, I think a good superhero comic would be Empowered. It's a spoof on superheroes, particularly the "sexy" kind. If a bit of R rated (but not NC-17 or X rated) sex humor isn't something that would be a dealbreaker. It's surprisingly well written, if you haven't read it. And it's basically an action soap opera with a heavy dose of slapstick comedy. It's really the only super hero comic I could say I like right off the top of my head. Empowered sounds interesting; I'll keep an eye out for it. Your description reminds me of Love & Capes, which is a superhero romantic comedy, and which I highly recommend. The first small volume isn't that great, but necessary back story. It started as a bunch of short stories making fun of bondage on his blog, and developed into a serial. A hundred pages in or around there is where you'll get hooked. |
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Jan 20, 2015 0:47:49 GMT -5
My girlfriend doesn't get my collecting. When we first started dating six years ago, she did buy me some comics. I thought that was awesome but sadly she has shyed away from giving comic gifts. Now, she tends to just ignore the fact that I do it. I don't mind though, she lets me do my thing and I have even gotten her to say she would be okay with me having a mini nerd room/area when we get our own place.
I think I should try and push her more though, because I feel like she has an inner nerd (we are nerds, embrace it!). She just isn't big on superheroes or cartoons. However, she does watch shows like Vampire Diaries and others that I cannot really stand but at least have a supernatural/unrealistic element to them. She also enjoys the Lord of the Rings which is probably as far as she can go with her nerdiness. Plus, when she was younger, she says she would always watch Lois and Clark. But Spider-Man or Batman or Gotham or Star Wars or any new superhero movie? No go.
We DID watch Guardians together and she laughed and did not fall asleep. She said it was good. So I feel there is hope. I also feel she would be into a strong female character that has some grounds in reality. I'm thinking the new Agent Carter show may be a good start and then I can try and get her into an actual comic.
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Post by dupersuper on Jan 20, 2015 6:29:43 GMT -5
To the many, many fine suggestions already given, I'll add Superman: Secret Identity, FBP, Alex+Eva, Girls, Sword, I Kill Giants, Stuck Rubber Baby, American Vampire, current Hawkeye/Daredevil/She-Hulk/Ms. Marvel/Silver Surfer, Gon, Wolf & Cub, 100 Bullets, We3, Two Generals, an Eisner graphic novel or 2, DC: New Frontier, Batman: Death by Design, Understanding Comics, From Hell, Chiaroscuro, In the Shadow of Edgar Allen Poe, Transmetropolis, Morrison Animal Man and JLA, Army@Love, Superbia, Alan Moore Swamp Thing, Books of Magic mini, JLA: Year One, Man of Steel, Superman for All Seasons, Birthright, Legends of the DC Universe 6, Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, Waid Flash, Jones El Diablo, Johns Stargirl, PAD Young Justice, Impulse, Lady Constantine, Chew, Invincible, Sex Criminals, U.S., Leave it to Chance, The Movement, Superman Adventures, Batman: Black & White, the Dini/Ross tabloid books...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2015 16:56:37 GMT -5
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Post by antoine on Jan 20, 2015 17:30:49 GMT -5
I don't own (or have read) any of these, but I will keep an eye for them! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2015 17:36:31 GMT -5
I haven't read any of them either, but the headline seemed relevant
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Post by Rob Allen on Jan 20, 2015 18:00:52 GMT -5
... she does watch shows like Vampire Diaries and others that I cannot really stand but at least have a supernatural/unrealistic element to them. Wait, you think Vampire Diaries is unrealistic? |
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