Post by taylorfirst1 on Aug 25, 2017 14:19:47 GMT
No. Virtually no convenience stores carry comics anymore. When I was a kid you could get all the latest comics in virtually any convenience store, department store, or many other places. Now you're lucky to find one or 2 titles in Walmart. Also, on the rare occasions that I go to comics store, I'm usually the only person there. Also, you can tell that most of their money comes from selling vintage comics and collectibles.
The is due to the fact that about 20-30 years ago a new generation of no-talent hipsters took over the comics industry and created themselves out of business. Comics are now only sold to a small niche audience of adults and do not appeal to kids anymore. The problem is, if you don't appeal to kids there will be no next generation of comic book fans.
Most of the comics they make are on the same level of quality of most of the recent Hollywood remakes of classic movies. In other words amateurish and forgettable.
The characters still have fans but they come from movies, TV shows, cartoons and video games. They don't come from dark, dreary, overly complicated, and political agenda pushing comic books. That's why comic-con is more about movies and TV than it is about comic books.
It's also why more tickets are sold to a blockbuster movie in 1 weekend then there are comics sold in North America in a year (all publishers, all titles).
The is due to the fact that about 20-30 years ago a new generation of no-talent hipsters took over the comics industry and created themselves out of business. Comics are now only sold to a small niche audience of adults and do not appeal to kids anymore. The problem is, if you don't appeal to kids there will be no next generation of comic book fans.
Most of the comics they make are on the same level of quality of most of the recent Hollywood remakes of classic movies. In other words amateurish and forgettable.
The characters still have fans but they come from movies, TV shows, cartoons and video games. They don't come from dark, dreary, overly complicated, and political agenda pushing comic books. That's why comic-con is more about movies and TV than it is about comic books.
It's also why more tickets are sold to a blockbuster movie in 1 weekend then there are comics sold in North America in a year (all publishers, all titles).