The Comic Book Ice Age
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The Comic Book Ice Age
I propose the name "Ice Age" to denote the early nineties where so many comics were overprinted.
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Ice Age is cool, but for me it will always be the Dark Age now.
They were some serously dark times
The Dark Age: Grim, Great & Gimmicky Post-Modern Comics
Ice Age is cool, but for me it will always be the Dark Age now.
They were some serously dark times
The Dark Age: Grim, Great & Gimmicky Post-Modern Comics
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The early 90s were the worst of times and they were the best of times. Even in the mounds of cow flop there were diamonds to be found and these diamonds probably would not have been published without such (admittedly artificial) volume in the market.
I wonder if the direct market as it exists today nurtures the boom and bust cycle. Not long after the direct market emerged, the black and white explosion exploded and un-exploded. A few years later, the 90s speculator boom hit and depressed the market past 2000. Are we seeing a third boom happening now?
I wonder if the direct market as it exists today nurtures the boom and bust cycle. Not long after the direct market emerged, the black and white explosion exploded and un-exploded. A few years later, the 90s speculator boom hit and depressed the market past 2000. Are we seeing a third boom happening now?
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I always use the term Dark Age to describe the 90s because of the tone of the material of the time. Everyone was trying to be darker and grittier with new anti-heroes popping up all over the shop. That and the fact that in terms of quality of everything, not just comics, was like being in the Dark Ages with *SQUEE* seeping out everywhere.
Chiclo, I think that it is possible we might be seeing a new boom with TV and movies pushing comics back into the spotlight again. Hopefully the market will grow and thrive a bit more for a bit longer this time.
Chiclo, I think that it is possible we might be seeing a new boom with TV and movies pushing comics back into the spotlight again. Hopefully the market will grow and thrive a bit more for a bit longer this time.
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Actually, it seems like a bust time right now. Comic sales were way down last quarter. We'll see how they did in the fourth quarter, but everything I've heard indicates a downward trend. Third quarter shouldn't have fell. Those summer months are usually the best.Chiclo wrote:The early 90s were the worst of times and they were the best of times. Even in the mounds of cow flop there were diamonds to be found and these diamonds probably would not have been published without such (admittedly artificial) volume in the market.
I wonder if the direct market as it exists today nurtures the boom and bust cycle. Not long after the direct market emerged, the black and white explosion exploded and un-exploded. A few years later, the 90s speculator boom hit and depressed the market past 2000. Are we seeing a third boom happening now?
Good lord, draco. Cut down that link size.
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As a teenager reading comics in the 90s I never did and still don't find the tone nowhere near as dark and grim a lot of people do. Most of the so-called new anti-heroes were just the same as the standard superheroes were.Drift wrote:I always use the term Dark Age to describe the 90s because of the tone of the material of the time. Everyone was trying to be darker and grittier with new anti-heroes popping up all over the shop. That and the fact that in terms of quality of everything, not just comics, was like being in the Dark Ages with *SQUEE* seeping out everywhere.
Yeah there were some books with dark tones Watchmen, Miracleman, John Byrne's Next Men, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, and Batman: Arkham Asylem but these were few and far between. IMHO the current comics age that we're in is the Dark Age and the 90s were the second Golden Age.
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QFT.Cyberstrike wrote:As a teenager reading comics in the 90s I never did and still don't find the tone nowhere near as dark and grim a lot of people do. Most of the so-called new anti-heroes were just the same as the standard superheroes were.Drift wrote:I always use the term Dark Age to describe the 90s because of the tone of the material of the time. Everyone was trying to be darker and grittier with new anti-heroes popping up all over the shop. That and the fact that in terms of quality of everything, not just comics, was like being in the Dark Ages with *SQUEE* seeping out everywhere.
Yeah there were some books with dark tones Watchmen, Miracleman, John Byrne's Next Men, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, and Batman: Arkham Asylem but these were few and far between. IMHO the current comics age that we're in is the Dark Age and the 90s were the second Golden Age.