VillageIdiot

February 4, 2011 9:57 am The TRUE answer is a resounding YES!!!! The violence in todays comics is completely out of control, and without merit! Violence is part of everyday REALITY, we see it, smell it, absorb it, beyond any measure that's at all healthy. Certainly there was violence in comics dating back to the 40's...but not like THS crap folks, not even close. Just look at the latest issue of Titans# 31, where this dude 'Slip not' literally has his friggin HEAD ripped off...i'm mean,straight decapitated!!!! Is THIS necessary in a comic book? REALLY? This is what this medium has dissolved into? Blatant, unnecessary, and utter gratuitous, killing, maiming, and  just plain GORE were NEVER part of comic book lore, EVER! I dare anyone to show me ANYTHING even remotely similar for 20-30 years back, comparatively to todays offerings.
Comic book have always be an escape from reality, an escape from stress of our daily grind, heroic and CLEAN for the most part...at least in its message. When is the critical mass reached? when is enough enough? that 21-65 comic crowd is getting older folks. Stop writing comics, and their TPB formats, for film optimization...we already have plenty of violence in that format. It's truly sad, and disgusting!