Maturity and Comic Books
Apr. 26th, 2018 09:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kybearfuzzWhen I was a kid and my parents would take me to the local comic book shop, it was a thrill for me. My parents didn't have a lot of patience, so I couldn't browse for very long. So I'd get what I could for whatever money I had, buying back issues was tricky so most were new, and race to get back to the car and head home. As soon as I got home, I'd take them to my room, flop on the bed, and gorge myself on the stories and artwork. I often would not get back up until they were all read. Then I would re-read them over the week.
I miss that rush of excitement that I used to get in buying new comics. Maybe it's maturity sneaking in when I wasn't prepared, but when I come home from the comic book shop now, I usually just sit them down and do other things. That urgency to catch up with the heroes and stories just isn't there anymore. I still enjoy the comics, but I'm not as enamored with them as I was. I went to the shop today, bought about $30 of comics, and they sit downstairs unread still as of this evening.
Part of it is me, but I will also say that part of it is the comics themselves. While I'm familiar with the characters, most comic books have gone into such divergent reboots and storylines that I couldn't keep up with them anymore.
As much as I LOVED "Crisis on Infinite Earths" in terms of story and artwork, I think it wrecked the DC universe in that a lot of history was lost, history that I loved and was engrossed in. Marvel has done similar reboots and ended up with the same effect.
I'll still read comics, but I have to admit that the shine has largely worn off for me for both DC and Marvel. I just keep hoping for something to rekindle my excitement.
I miss that rush of excitement that I used to get in buying new comics. Maybe it's maturity sneaking in when I wasn't prepared, but when I come home from the comic book shop now, I usually just sit them down and do other things. That urgency to catch up with the heroes and stories just isn't there anymore. I still enjoy the comics, but I'm not as enamored with them as I was. I went to the shop today, bought about $30 of comics, and they sit downstairs unread still as of this evening.
Part of it is me, but I will also say that part of it is the comics themselves. While I'm familiar with the characters, most comic books have gone into such divergent reboots and storylines that I couldn't keep up with them anymore.
As much as I LOVED "Crisis on Infinite Earths" in terms of story and artwork, I think it wrecked the DC universe in that a lot of history was lost, history that I loved and was engrossed in. Marvel has done similar reboots and ended up with the same effect.
I'll still read comics, but I have to admit that the shine has largely worn off for me for both DC and Marvel. I just keep hoping for something to rekindle my excitement.
