Okay, what I get form your rant is that liking whats popular isn't "cool" to you and makes us all a part of the mass of comic buying high school emo kids that think it makes them different.
Don't get me wrong, I get it. I totally see that shift in comics happening, and it drives me crazy, but Alan Moore is a fantastic writer that combines both the old school Super Hero aspect of comics with deep political and social messages. (Swamp Thing is a good exapmle) Just because there are tons of fat goth kids out there like "OMGLOLZZZ Alan moore is so awesome!" shouldn't mean us old school fans should stop liking him.
Same goes for Johnen Vasquez. I love his comics and started reading them in middle school just as they were coming out, but now I see on over saturated market of merchandise based off his work being sold to teenagers that think it makes them so dark and cool. Missing the point of his work entirely. But I continue to love his work, even if the fan base drives me nuts.
But it's not easy.
Am I kind of getting what you said or missing the point?
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Date: 2010-08-04 07:11 pm (UTC)Don't get me wrong, I get it. I totally see that shift in comics happening, and it drives me crazy, but Alan Moore is a fantastic writer that combines both the old school Super Hero aspect of comics with deep political and social messages. (Swamp Thing is a good exapmle) Just because there are tons of fat goth kids out there like "OMGLOLZZZ Alan moore is so awesome!" shouldn't mean us old school fans should stop liking him.
Same goes for Johnen Vasquez. I love his comics and started reading them in middle school just as they were coming out, but now I see on over saturated market of merchandise based off his work being sold to teenagers that think it makes them so dark and cool. Missing the point of his work entirely. But I continue to love his work, even if the fan base drives me nuts.
But it's not easy.
Am I kind of getting what you said or missing the point?