Kazenji
Onyx Prime
Gender: Male Location: Australia
Should There Be a Double Standard?
http://robot6.comicbookresources.co...ouble-standard/
this has something to do with Robert Kirkmans statement from last week
quote: Everyone remembers Kirkman’s controversial plea from a couple of years ago when he asked “top creators” to give up doing corporate-owned comics and concentrate on their own stuff, claiming that’s what it’ll take to save the comics industry.
quote: what he meant by “top creators” was older writers who are producing overly complex, dark stories that kids can’t connect to. The implication was that these top creators needed to move on to their own material and make room at Marvel and DC for new blood that – Kirkman assumes – will be better able to write the kinds of corporate-owned stories that kids want.
so whats everyone's view on this??
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Aug 16th, 2010 07:39 AM
Kazenji
Onyx Prime
Gender: Male Location: Australia
Could someone move this to the comic book section..
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Aug 16th, 2010 07:44 AM
Doctor-Alvis
Post-Crisis Balki
Gender: Male Location: I'm not giving my name to a machine
The way to save comics is to stop being bad writers.
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Aug 16th, 2010 08:39 AM
Warlord
Yes, I am...
Gender: Male Location: Year 2112
if anything I think nowadays comics have been too "kid-oriented"
at least in Marvel
Aug 16th, 2010 09:15 AM
Kazenji
Onyx Prime
Gender: Male Location: Australia
quote: (post ) Originally posted by Warlord
if anything I think nowadays comics have been too "kid-oriented"
at least in Marvel
Depends on what your reading because with Marvel's MAX imprint its going good with the Punisher title.
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Aug 16th, 2010 12:05 PM
WanderingDroid
THE LOOSE CANNON
Gender: Male Location: Welfare Kingdom of California
Re: Should There Be a Double Standard?
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With the tough economy and comic book shooting up to the $3.99 I'd say ignore Kirkman and stay with the corporates...at least you have a job.
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Aug 17th, 2010 05:35 AM
Q99
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There is something of a tendency for top creators to go indy to begin with... but quite frankly only some newbies are good, and it's still really helpful to have old guns around to do stuff even most good newbies can't.
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Aug 17th, 2010 05:42 AM
willRules
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Where's Kirkman's room for top creators who want to write dark complex stories featuring say, I dunno, Spider-man? Can they only use their own creations or are they allowed to play with someone elses toys?
Also by implication, is he saying there are no indie comics for kids and shoe horning indie comics with the dark and complex adult genre?
He seems to be making a lot of vague statements.
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Aug 17th, 2010 07:33 PM
Omega Vision
Face Flowed Into Her Eyes
Gender: Male Location: Miami Metropolitan Area
So much fail. Where to begin?
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Aug 18th, 2010 07:35 PM
Q99
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by willRules
Where's Kirkman's room for top creators who want to write dark complex stories featuring say, I dunno, Spider-man? Can they only use their own creations or are they allowed to play with someone elses toys?
That's a good point. Morrison's metatextual Final Crisis *needs* Superman/Darksied/etc..
Aug 23rd, 2010 12:44 AM
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