tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360996933412955386.post2181194046076180834..comments2024-03-05T22:38:08.486-05:00Comments on Beta is Dead: Nerd Rage #14: The Dark Age of ComicsBeta Magnushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12090196394955870455noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360996933412955386.post-30060208082658311802016-04-21T05:55:24.124-04:002016-04-21T05:55:24.124-04:00We'll have to agree to disagree on this, I'...We'll have to agree to disagree on this, I'm afraid.Beta Magnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090196394955870455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360996933412955386.post-86497034470409488002016-04-21T03:44:51.674-04:002016-04-21T03:44:51.674-04:00Expendables was an awesome movie, and I personally...Expendables was an awesome movie, and I personally the Dark Age comics. I know they're silly looking nowadays for how over-the-top and ridiculous they are. I love anti-heroes myself, Punisher being my all time favorite comic book character(with Garth Ennis's Punisher MAX series being my favorite comic series of all time).<br /><br />I get why people don't like this era, but there's something about it I find charming, I do feel bad for all the comic book shops that went out of business though. It's mind-boggling how close the industry came to destroying itself entirely, the industry crash was so disastrous it made the video game crash of 1983 look tame by comparison.<br /><br />I don't think the 90s were "dumb" at all.venomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06632381738581803935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360996933412955386.post-70076583768786015852013-04-28T08:31:24.168-04:002013-04-28T08:31:24.168-04:00Yeah, by '97 everyone pretty much realized the...Yeah, by '97 everyone pretty much realized the 90s were kind of dumb so that would have been a pretty good time to get back into comics.<br /><br />I also went through a "too grown up for comics" phase starting from about 1999 through 2003 or so. And yet I still bought Wizard magazine during that time. Weird.Beta Magnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090196394955870455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360996933412955386.post-76029004442173619832013-04-27T23:45:23.704-04:002013-04-27T23:45:23.704-04:00This was a great article Beta.
I pretty much mi...This was a great article Beta. <br /><br />I pretty much missed the Dark Ages entirely. Yep, around 1987 I decided I was too "grown up" for comics anymore so I stopped collecting and reading them. I started up again around 1997 - and Astro City was one of the first books I read again! Anyway, I remember being in a comic shop a few times during the early 90s (looking for role playing games) and seeing some of those outrageous covers you mentioned in your article. My thoughts were "wow, I'm glad I'm not wasting my money of comics these days!"<br /><br />I'm glad you pointed out some of the good things about the age though - I am also a big fan of Hellboy. And hey, if the Dark Ages hadn't happened maybe we wouldn't have gotten any really good "cool" superhero comic books coming back into the market... at least for a long time anyway.<br /><br />I guess if I ever want to read any of the comics from that era I can just go to my local comic book shop and browse through their 25-cent bins - almost all the issues are still there!<br />Rustyhttp://www.comic-prospector.com/noreply@blogger.com