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'Dollhouse' returns!

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 12:44 PM

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 1:11 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!



At what point does a fan of Joss Whedon feel funny about reading comic books ?

I mean, a 20 something yr old can get away with it... But at 30 ? 40 ? Please....




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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 1:30 PM

WHOZIT


HAKEN has already posted this story in the headlines, I thought I had a scoop. Silly me.

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 6:57 PM

BYTEMITE


I think plenty of 30 to 40 year olds read comic books. Is it really that much different from reading the comics in the newspaper?

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 11:57 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by Bytemite:
I think plenty of 30 to 40 year olds read comic books. Is it really that much different from reading the comics in the newspaper?



Not to make a fuss over the issue, as I do own some Firefly " comics ", but still, when's the last time Dolly from Family Circus brokered a multi million dollar real estate deal by day, and then served as a high priced escort by night ?






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Thursday, July 22, 2010 1:57 AM

EVILDINOSAUR


why is looking at a story in moving pictures any different from looking at the same story in still pictures?

"Haha, mine is an evil laugh."

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Thursday, July 22, 2010 2:00 AM

CHRISK


Quote:

Not to make a fuss over the issue, as I do own some Firefly " comics ", but still, when's the last time Dolly from Family Circus brokered a multi million dollar real estate deal by day, and then served as a high priced escort by night ?


Geez, it's been decades since FC did one of those plotlines!

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Thursday, July 22, 2010 2:12 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Yeah, but remember when Billy went all Original Gangsta and wiped out the whole Crips crew and took over their territory, making himself a drug lord and turning his mom out as a hooker?

Those were the days...

Family Circus just hasn't been the same since dad came out of rehab.

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Thursday, July 22, 2010 3:09 AM

GWEK


I'm 40 and have been collecting for 33 years. Although what I pick up has diminished greatly over the years (these days, it's mostly things with "created by Joss Whedon" or "created by George Lucas" on the cover), I don't know that I'll ever stop.

Demographically, comics have become an "old man's game," over the past few years... decades? Since the mid-1980s, themes for many comics have become increasingly mature, and storylines have become increasingly complex, intentionally targeting adults (and/or young adults) rather than children.

Starting in the early 1990s, with the introduction of superior inking techniques and the user of higher quality paper, the price of comics has risen dramatically, making it a hobby only for those with truly disposable income. Sure, some kids can afford in on their allowances, but many of them are probably saving up for a new XBox game or another month of WoW instead.

Hit the average comic store on a Saturday and you'll see kids shopping with their parents. But on Wednedsay afternoon/evening (Wednesday = New Comic Day), and you're going to find college students and guys in suits twice their age.

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Thursday, July 22, 2010 3:54 AM

BYTEMITE


Quote:

Not to make a fuss over the issue, as I do own some Firefly " comics ", but still, when's the last time Dolly from Family Circus brokered a multi million dollar real estate deal by day, and then served as a high priced escort by night ?


You're thinking of "Mary Worth" or some other crappy "real life" soap opera comic.

But whatever you might think about those, what we're talking about, not exactly without precedence.

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Monday, August 2, 2010 5:40 AM

BLACKOUTNIGHTS



I used to collect comics, and still buy graphic novels every so often if one strikes my fancy. But seriously, all of the interlinking between movies, comic books, regular novels, TV shows, soundtracks, video games, and God knows what else, is getting pretty irritating.

If there's a market for something then it's going to be exploited. And most fans will rejoice even if the stories are complete and utter shit.

Even happened with Firefly going to comics. Those stories should have been on film.

It's really disheartening.

“Keep Ted Turner and his goddamned Crayolas away from my movies”—Orson Welles

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Monday, August 2, 2010 9:05 AM

FOLLOWMAL


I'm 53 and although I don't collect comics, my son in law does and I read them all the time. Graphic novels as well. A story is a story, no matter how it's told IMHO.

We started out telling stories around the fire, then we put them down in the written word with pictures, then we acted stories out on stage, then we created radio, film and tv and expanded outward from there. One day we may have implants that connect us instantly to ways to receive entertainment. Who knows!



http://www.kidsneedtoread.org/




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