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Showerthought: A guy at the Philly con said he only reads comics from the 90s.
He was at a booth, maybe 60 years old, and told me he stopped reading new stuff in 1994. Said the art got 'too clean' and the stories lost their edge. Do you think sticking to one era makes you more or less of a fan?
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amy7546mo ago
Honestly who cares about being a real fan. Dude just likes what he likes from a time that meant something to him. Comics are for fun, not for passing some loyalty test. Maybe the new stuff just doesn't click for him and that's fine. Getting worked up over someone else's reading list seems like a waste of energy. Why does everything have to be a competition?
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harper_burns596mo ago
Exactly. People get so hung up on proving they're the biggest fan that they forget why we got into comics in the first place. It's about the story that grabs you, not keeping up with every single issue. Someone might love the X-Men from the 90s cartoon and only read those books, and that's totally valid. The gatekeeping just makes the whole hobby feel like a job instead of an escape. Let people enjoy their thing.
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shah.xena6mo ago
My entire comic book knowledge is basically just the Batman animated series and whatever I skimmed at the library in 2004. I once tried to get into a serious debate about Green Lantern and mixed up Hal Jordan with a guy from my gym. The gatekeepers would have an aneurysm if they saw my shelf, it's all trade paperbacks and a few random single issues I bought for the cool covers.
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