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Post by MDG on Aug 23, 2023 19:57:17 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Aug 23, 2023 15:49:34 GMT -5
This doesn't have anything directly to do with Shooter, but when talking about this period in comics (the "bronze age"), I'm struck by a couple of contradictions.
1) While there was an exponential growth in both new talent who wanted to produce (I almost said "create" but that's a different discussion) "better" and "more mature" stories, and an active, growing market base that wouldn't rotate out in 5-7 years, the businesses themselves were barely hanging on financially.
2) Despite owning "IP" (as we call it today) that was known to a huge percentage of the US population, these companies were often run like mom and pop operations and had no clue how to grow their businesses.
To bring it back to Shooter, he probably recognized this, and this might have led to a lot of his actions. On the other hand, DC, under Kahn and Giordano, gained a lot of fan and creator goodwill--if not sales--by almost explicitly being the "anti-Shooter."
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Post by MDG on Aug 23, 2023 15:31:36 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Aug 23, 2023 12:24:32 GMT -5
Not the believability (Who couldn't love the Unknown Soldier?) so much as the wallowing in a stye of violence. Yes, that’s kind of where I am at, Prince Hal. I just read Batman and The Mad Monk last night and, while I like what I've read by Matt Wagner, I just felt it was the same story I've read a half dozen times before with the blood turned up to 11,
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Post by MDG on Aug 23, 2023 12:17:19 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Aug 22, 2023 19:04:05 GMT -5
No plans so far... I'll try to be there
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Post by MDG on Aug 22, 2023 13:56:41 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Aug 22, 2023 9:39:04 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Aug 22, 2023 6:48:53 GMT -5
DubipR
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Post by MDG on Aug 22, 2023 6:45:57 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Aug 21, 2023 20:06:19 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Aug 21, 2023 20:03:51 GMT -5
Great job! Who did the theme music?
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Post by MDG on Aug 21, 2023 11:50:55 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Aug 20, 2023 15:39:33 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Aug 20, 2023 10:06:23 GMT -5
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