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Post by rberman on Jan 23, 2020 16:05:12 GMT -5
"Golden Age" was the original phrase, used in many contexts for years, maybe centuries. Comics fandom is the only place I know of that has extrapolated from Golden to Silver and Bronze ages. I wonder what the provenance of "Silver Age of Comics" is. |
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Jan 23, 2020 16:11:39 GMT -5
Atom Age. The assonance is an appealing acoustic attribute.  Anecdotally, I am assuredly in absolute accordance. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jan 23, 2020 16:15:18 GMT -5
Greatest age
Boomer age
X age
Shoulder pad age
Digital age
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Post by berkley on Jan 23, 2020 16:46:54 GMT -5
I've never really understood it. It might more sense within the confines of a single company, like Marvel for example.
What's the rationale behind the 1984 cut-off for the bronze age, out of curiosity?
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 23, 2020 18:20:36 GMT -5
What's the rationale behind the 1984 cut-off for the bronze age, out of curiosity? I don't know, because 1986 makes far more sense, at least for DC. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2020 18:24:01 GMT -5
I've never really understood it. It might more sense within the confines of a single company, like Marvel for example. What's the rationale behind the 1984 cut-off for the bronze age, out of curiosity? . (That's a complete non-answer, a semi-serious one and a joke). |
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Post by foxley on Jan 23, 2020 18:33:09 GMT -5
For pure euphony, 'golden age' rolls off the tongue easiest. (The same way that 'cuspidor' is a beautiful word to say.)
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Post by berkley on Jan 23, 2020 22:50:12 GMT -5
For pure euphony, 'golden age' rolls off the tongue easiest. (The same way that 'cuspidor' is a beautiful word to say.)
So if there were ever a book or a tv show or something titled 'The Golden Age of Cuspidors' it would be like the greatest thing ever.
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Post by berkley on Jan 23, 2020 22:59:11 GMT -5
Come to think of it, isn't there a bit of confusion with this nomenclature? Gold, silver, and bronze presumably derives from things like the Olympic medals, a ranking merit or quality with gold at the top descending downwards through silver then bronze.
But if we're talking about chronological ages succeeding one another through the passage of time, with no implication of ascending or descending merit, the more appropriate terminology would be Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, wouldn't it?
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Post by foxley on Jan 23, 2020 23:00:59 GMT -5
For pure euphony, 'golden age' rolls off the tongue easiest. (The same way that 'cuspidor' is a beautiful word to say.)
So if there were ever a book or a tv show or something titled 'The Golden Age of Cuspidors' it would be like the greatest thing ever.
It would have an extremely euphonious title. That says nothing about the quality of the work. The original question was which of the designations sounds best. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2020 8:01:33 GMT -5
Come to think of it, isn't there a bit of confusion with this nomenclature? Gold, silver, and bronze presumably derives from things like the Olympic medals, a ranking merit or quality with gold at the top descending downwards through silver then bronze. But if we're talking about chronological ages succeeding one another through the passage of time, with no implication of ascending or descending merit, the more appropriate terminology would be Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, wouldn't it? The Stone Age of Comics has quite a ring to it. |
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Post by brutalis on Jan 24, 2020 8:07:55 GMT -5
Come to think of it, isn't there a bit of confusion with this nomenclature? Gold, silver, and bronze presumably derives from things like the Olympic medals, a ranking merit or quality with gold at the top descending downwards through silver then bronze. But if we're talking about chronological ages succeeding one another through the passage of time, with no implication of ascending or descending merit, the more appropriate terminology would be Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, wouldn't it? The Stone Age of Comics has quite a ring to it. That nomenclature then makes much of the 70's era of comics being The Stoned Age! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2020 11:03:39 GMT -5
What about the Sand Age?
(For anyone who wonders what I am going on about, in Marvel Comics' Scooby-Doo #4 (1978), the gang are on the trail of a mummy. At a museum, one of the employees talks about the historical ages: Bronze Age, Iron Age, Sand Age, etc. Shaggy says something like, "What is the Sand Age?")
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Post by MDG on Jan 24, 2020 11:13:02 GMT -5
"Golden Age" was the original phrase, used in many contexts for years, maybe centuries. Comics fandom is the only place I know of that has extrapolated from Golden to Silver and Bronze ages. I wonder what the provenance of "Silver Age of Comics" is. I'm almost sure is showed up in a letter column--one of the contributors in All in Color for a Dime kinda mocks it. (That book was published in '70--thought it was earlier.) What's the rationale behind the 1984 cut-off for the bronze age, out of curiosity? I don't know, because 1986 makes far more sense, at least for DC. I think '84 was when comic-shop only books like the baxter-format Titans started to appear. Atom Age. The assonance is an appealing acoustic attribute. Anecdotally, I am assuredly in absolute accordance. F**kin' A! |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 24, 2020 11:47:26 GMT -5
I don't know, because 1986 makes far more sense, at least for DC. I think '84 was when comic-shop only books like the baxter-format Titans started to appear. That sounds right. But '86 was the start of both Dark Knight Rises and Watchmen, which together kind of changed the way comics were looked at both externally and within the business. |
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