tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post3026253634090627976..comments2024-02-29T14:12:01.955-05:00Comments on Flashback Universe Blog: Paper Comic DeathWatch: Democrats of DoomJim Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006833955333061262noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-35582393469696468602016-12-15T01:44:49.721-05:002016-12-15T01:44:49.721-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377444495576370030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-62450023555468463112008-09-13T19:29:00.000-04:002008-09-13T19:29:00.000-04:00@sequential minded - we'll see - I'm actually very...@sequential minded - we'll see - I'm actually very interested in seeing what happens to not just comics, but the economy in general after this next election.Jim Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006833955333061262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-45392261291515656102008-09-13T17:06:00.000-04:002008-09-13T17:06:00.000-04:00sorry but if your theory was corrected we should h...sorry but if your theory was corrected we should have been flooded with great comics for about the last eight years.<BR/><BR/>But if your theory is correct I should point out that even if the stories get worst under a liberal president. Sales of comics will go up. <BR/><BR/>think about it. the 90's was a boom period. <BR/><BR/>so vote Obama and comics sales will explode because of a better economy (which means people will have more money to spend on comics) <BR/><BR/>good comics will still be around. But just like today (and the 70's) you have to weed out the bad stuff to get to the gold.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-6579345521656029212008-02-06T00:34:00.000-05:002008-02-06T00:34:00.000-05:00Jim,I think you're absolutely right, and this argu...Jim,<BR/><BR/>I think you're absolutely right, and this argument can be extended beyond the world of comics to pop culture in general. Look at 1989: the greatest year in pop culture history and the beginning of the first Bush administration. We had movies like Do the Right Thing, Drugstore Cowboy, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Mystery Train, My Left Foot, Crimes and Misdemeanors, etc. Plus great albums by Lou Reed, Neil Young, and others I can't remember off the top of my head.Dr. Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08792907846193017204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-81500452328212631342008-02-01T17:49:00.000-05:002008-02-01T17:49:00.000-05:00By that rationale, Jim, Civil War should've been t...By that rationale, Jim, <I>Civil War</I> should've been the best crossover of all time.<BR/><BR/>Instead, it was <I>Civil War</I>. I call shennanigans!Chris Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08320487883818314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-84032915017167571102008-01-31T21:22:00.000-05:002008-01-31T21:22:00.000-05:00Genius Jim. Genius.Genius Jim. Genius.Phil Looneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18317406996755270537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-20870860378862197112008-01-30T15:38:00.000-05:002008-01-30T15:38:00.000-05:00I want to say that I love your comics and am a reg...I want to say that I love your comics and am a regular reader of your blog (as Caine and Blaque Saber). I don't think that you're being fair with this post. Let me explain my points. <BR/><BR/><B>You posted:</B><BR/><I>"Anyway, Man-Thing, as well as Gerber's Defenders, was just chock full of great hippy musings."</I><BR/><BR/><B>~You're referencing a time in U.S. history that was unique. Nothing like it had happened before (to that level of intensity anyhow) and nothing probably ever will again (who's to say really?). The "hippy" period you speak of had great effects on all walks of life which did carry over into popular media such as comic books and those effects are likely never to be duplicated again regardless of who is in office.</B><BR/><BR/><I>"I think part of the charm of those comics was seeing Gerber wrestle with anti-establishment storylines and counter culture topics while working for Marvel."</I><BR/><BR/><B>~With your second statement, What I hear is that there won't be any need for anti-establishment or counter culture stories to be written when and if the dems take the office but you can't make that statement since the new millennium is not the 80's and the situations challenging the world today are different and more complex then twenty years ago. Who's to say that there won't be a culture to write about in an anti-establishment sort of way hear very soon with colning, diy, ipods and the like?</B><BR/><BR/><B>~ Also, the comic book community as a whole is larger and more diverse today then it was 20 years ago which has to bring about not only more poor comics but great comics as well.</B><BR/><BR/><B>~Lastly, I don't think its fair to put whom ever wrote the Cable storyline (Fabien Nicieza??) up against Stan Lee who (almost) single handedly created the modern comic book industry as we know it. No one could stand up to that.</B><BR/><BR/>Keep up all the great work that you do.Cainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12654286795401273101noreply@blogger.com