Too late to save the big two, and even they could recover with fresh blood that is actually talented (with the films still bankrolling them). But this leaves room for indies to step in. It's a medium that anyone can make and publish now, thanks to kickstarter and the web. I don't think it's too late, but it probably will never be as big as it was due to demographics changes (old readers aging out/dying, not as many replacing, lower literacy rates, kids more into other media, etc.) and other forms of entertainment there to compete for people's money.
I think there's a difference between can and will. Can, but won't. I do think the characters will survive though, the company too. Again, the comics division doesn't need to be successful when the films are so financially lucrative. There's so many Batman titles now that some are actually good, or so i hear. Certainly some of those have the best art I've seen in US mainstream comics in ages. So, they'll limp along and the characters will live on in film, TV and 1 out of every 10 comics titles with them, or so, will be good. I'll just read even more manga and Euro stuff to deal with the dearth.
Yea when I was still reading modern comics Batman was the only one that kept my interest. What are good modern ones? My local comic shop has tons of back issues so that is good. I need to check out Manga
Too late to save the big two, and even they could recover with fresh blood that is actually talented (with the films still bankrolling them). But this leaves room for indies to step in. It's a medium that anyone can make and publish now, thanks to kickstarter and the web. I don't think it's too late, but it probably will never be as big as it was due to demographics changes (old readers aging out/dying, not as many replacing, lower literacy rates, kids more into other media, etc.) and other forms of entertainment there to compete for people's money.
I gave up on current dc and marvel earlier this year. I used to believe that they could be saved but they can’t.
I think there's a difference between can and will. Can, but won't. I do think the characters will survive though, the company too. Again, the comics division doesn't need to be successful when the films are so financially lucrative. There's so many Batman titles now that some are actually good, or so i hear. Certainly some of those have the best art I've seen in US mainstream comics in ages. So, they'll limp along and the characters will live on in film, TV and 1 out of every 10 comics titles with them, or so, will be good. I'll just read even more manga and Euro stuff to deal with the dearth.
Yea when I was still reading modern comics Batman was the only one that kept my interest. What are good modern ones? My local comic shop has tons of back issues so that is good. I need to check out Manga