RegularSyzedMike

February 7, 2012 1:13 am I've long ago relegated my comics buying to 99% trades with 1% individual issues if one grabbed me in particular. Now I'm actually spending more on comics AND I have no plans of abandoning the trades. I, too, still want to hold the physical book when it's a good one, but don't want to wait a year for a good story to become available. I know a lot of people out there are similar to me so this will only help the ailing comic book industry. The LCS's will unfortunately have to update their business model...but that's the nature of business!

February 2, 2012 11:52 pm Yeah I never even tried to read Power Pack back in the day...and I was probably in their demographic! I never wanted to identify with child characters in anything I read or watched. I wanted to be the bad ass grown-up! I do like the idea of these guys existing, though, and think it could be some good "non-insulting" young kid comics if it takes off and Marvel does it right. Maybe Disney will have some of their GOOD qualities rub off on them!

February 2, 2012 5:59 pm ...until the power goes out.

February 1, 2012 8:47 pm Looks good but 3.00 is steep for something that doesn't actually exist. Maybe previews of future issues will change my mind, though!

January 31, 2012 8:39 pm Another female centric comic that I think might be suitable for younger kids (I don't have one so I won't presume to know) would be a French series called "Wake" starring a girl named "Navis" living among aliens. There are a few "adult" things that happen but nothing terribly bad from what I've read. It's a very engaging and well written series...and REALLY hard to find. If you can find copies of it then that might be worth checking out.

January 31, 2012 8:32 pm That's one thing I've found with a lot of female comics readers. They read (past and present tense) mostly manga precisely because they actually involve women! Hell, I think the richest woman in Japan is a manga publisher (I forget who). That proves to me that there IS a market outside of the 18-34 male demographic that the Big 2 and most DMs pander to. They're leaving money on the table and their futures in the air!

January 31, 2012 8:28 pm I've been into comics since Marc Silvestri was drawing X-Men (I'm "old" by some standards) and I still find it funny when people say things like "super heroes just aren't for kids"...as though wearing tights and fighting crime is an adult thing. Give the kids back their heroes! It's not like we're doing anything new or interesting with the majority of them! It's not like the Big 2 have an aversion to over-saturating the market with duplicate titles anyway. Take 3 of the 15 Batman titles and gear them towards different ages. Then ACTUALLY MARKET THE STUFF! They have cartoons. Make a pseudo-commercial before the actual commercial break. Then put the damn things in apps and online! The kids get their toys back and the comic book companies have new patrons to patronize with rehashes of rehashes of old stories!