Kids hate comic stores 1 1

[kav]

     I was at my buddy's LCS and a father was buying some black panther comics for his 8 year old who looked supremely bored.  After they left my buddy said kids hate comic stores.  I said WHAT.  He explained he sees it all the time-dad brings kids in and they keep saying can we go now??  One time a dad came in with his 12, 13, and 15 year old and they were this is great wow look at that wow!!  My buddy said hold on you have toexplain to me-kids usually hate comic stores what is going on???  The dad explained he let his kids play the old nintendo games but never any of the new nintendo or newer games.  He believes those games cause kids to want immediate sensory overload and comics just dont cut the mustard.

Ps he's a big toy collector-here's his latest-the я from toys я us:

Edited August 7, 2018 by kav

[FSF]

I wouldn't know.  I can't recall the last time I actually saw a kid in a comic store.  I've seem two unicorns and Big Foot in the meantime.

 

 

[mattn792]

13 minutes ago, kav said:

     I was at my buddy's LCS and a father was buying some black panther comics for his 8 year old who looked supremely bored.  After they left my buddy said kids hate comic stores.  I said WHAT.  He explained he sees it all the time-dad brings kids in and they keep saying can we go now??  One time a dad came in with his 12, 13, and 15 year old and they were this is great wow look at that wow!!  My buddy said hold on you have toexplain to me-kids usually hate comic stores what is going on???  The dad explained he let his kids play the old nintendo games but never any of the new nintendo or newer games.  He believes those games cause kids to want immediate sensory overload and comics just dont cut the mustard.

Ps he's a big toy collector-here's his latest-the я from toys я us:

Original Contra...  

[1950's war comics]

28 minutes ago, kav said:

cause kids to want immediate

i believe it..

[1950's war comics]

read a stat that is almost impossible to be true that teenagers can't even go one minute without looking at their phone......

[kav]

19 minutes ago, 1950's war comics said:

read a stat that is almost impossible to be true that teenagers can't even go one minute without looking at their phone......

I can confirm this is absolutely true.  Even in the midst of a fist fights, I've seen girls clutching their phone the entire time.

[kav]

-cause they might miss a text in the middle of the fight-

[tv horror]

It was the mid eighties before we had a comic shop in Belfast and within days of learning that it had opened I paid a visit. At the time I was not collecting comics but horror film magazines so I bought a few of them. Then I noticed a man coming in holding his sons hand and he said "Look son look at all these comics!" the child was about 5 years old and at that he lifted him into his arms and "Flew him" around the shelves humming the Superman theme! As he got to the door he sat the child down and said "That's a comic shop son" the child was not impressed. 

[kav]

Just now, tv horror said:

It was the mid eighties before we had a comic shop in Belfast and within days of learning that it had opened I paid a visit. At the time I was not collecting comics but horror film magazines so I bought a few of them. Then I noticed a man coming in holding his sons hand and he said "Look son look at all these comics!" the child was about 5 years old and at that he lifted him into his arms and "Flew him" around the shelves humming the Superman theme! As he got to the door he sat the child down and said "That's a comic shop son" the child was not impressed. 

the absolute joy I felt when at the comics rack-now kids shrug that off as boring AF.  Sad.  

[tv horror]

2 minutes ago, kav said:

the absolute joy I felt when at the comics rack-now kids shrug that off as boring AF.  Sad.  

I agree it is sad, I also think that the reason the Hero movies are so successful is not who the characters are but their "powers"  it is wish fulfilment on their part they want those powers and it is possibly the only time most of them are even aware of an imagination. They want to kick butt be handsome or beautiful and as a plus have the perfect bodies without the work involved, I may be wrong however not too far.

[kav]

1 minute ago, tv horror said:

I agree it is sad, I also think that the reason the Hero movies are so successful is not who the characters are but their "powers"  it is wish fulfilment on their part they want those powers and it is possibly the only time most of them are even aware of an imagination. They want to kick butt be handsome or beautiful and as a plus have the perfect bodies without the work involved, I may be wrong however not too far.

There's also the fact if a kid actually does picks up a comic and gives it a shot and reads something like the execrable gabby rivera America or the 'new' Iceman they immediately put it down and thats it for comics for the rest of his life.  Thx Gabby.

[tv horror]

In the U.K comics were sold everywhere kids could get their fill of any title and one man called Alan Class saw that potential and reprinted most of the leading publishers comic runs in a monthly title, then as he became more successful the titles grew and ran for decades. Other publishers took note and started the reprints along with the more comedical characters at a pocket money price. I believe he created more comic fans that anyone else U.K wise, that's the type of publisher the comic industry needs now a days.

  

[AJD]

1 hour ago, tv horror said:

In the U.K comics were sold everywhere kids could get their fill of any title and one man called Alan Class saw that potential and reprinted most of the leading publishers comic runs in a monthly title, then as he became more successful the titles grew and ran for decades. Other publishers took note and started the reprints along with the more comedical characters at a pocket money price. I believe he created more comic fans that anyone else U.K wise, that's the type of publisher the comic industry needs now a days.

 

 

The art of the golden age reprint seems to survive in the UK. I've seen reprints of obscure Australian books from the 40s and 50s listed on eBay. I bought one, and it's really high quality, with glossy card covers and excellent paper stock. I'm not sure that anyone but dyed in the wool existing fans would want them though.

[kav]

51 minutes ago, tv horror said:

In the U.K comics were sold everywhere kids could get their fill of any title and one man called Alan Class saw that potential and reprinted most of the leading publishers comic runs in a monthly title, then as he became more successful the titles grew and ran for decades. Other publishers took note and started the reprints along with the more comedical characters at a pocket money price. I believe he created more comic fans that anyone else U.K wise, that's the type of publisher the comic industry needs now a days.

  

The first British superhero was The amazing Mr X, published in The Dandy.  I illustrated a Mr X story in an anthology and won a $500 prize-unfortunately the writer pocketed the ptize money and I never saw a dime.  We parted ways after that.  

 

[tv horror]

I grew up with these titles that I bought with my pocket money and I enjoyed everyone.

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[kav]

wow those British artists were great!

[tv horror]

I forgot this one also.

 

Edited August 7, 2018 by tv horror

[tv horror]

3 minutes ago, kav said:

wow those British artists were great!

Yes, most of the artists would give their own take on the characters and the colours just drew the readers in as they were spectacular. 

[sfcityduck]

2 hours ago, kav said:

There's also the fact if a kid actually does picks up a comic and gives it a shot and reads something like the execrable gabby rivera America or the 'new' Iceman they immediately put it down and thats it for comics for the rest of his life.  Thx Gabby.

That's how I felt about Captain America in the late 1970s.  Totally awful!  No  one read it until the Byrne run, and even that was not that well-received.  

I gotta disagree about Iceman.  Kids are fine with gays.  To paraphrase South Pacific: "You gotta be taught ..."

These days, most aren't.  They're fine with the Avatar: Legend of Korra, they're fine knowing the actors who play Flash, Frodo, Harry Potter, etc. are gay.  

What does make kids uncomfortable is the excessive sexuality on comic covers that are now aimed at pervy old guys who haven't figured out there is porn on the computer.  See, e.g., Grimms Fairy Tales.  And no one wants to take their kids into a comic shop which looks like it caters to predators. 

[kav]

9 minutes ago, sfcityduck said:

That's how I felt about Captain America in the late 1970s.  Totally awful!  No  one read it until the Byrne run, and even that was not that well-received.  

I gotta disagree about Iceman.  Kids are fine with gays.  To paraphrase South Pacific: "You gotta be taught ..."

These days, most aren't.  They're fine with the Avatar: Legend of Korra, they're fine knowing the actors who play Flash, Frodo, Harry Potter, etc. are gay.  

What does make kids uncomfortable is the excessive sexuality on comic covers that are now aimed at pervy old guys who haven't figured out there is porn on the computer.  See, e.g., Grimms Fairy Tales.  And no one wants to take their kids into a comic shop which looks like it caters to predators. 

I have no issue with gays.  Sophie Campbell's Wet Moon is awesome.  The writing on Iceman is execrable.  Instead of letting the gay angle flow smoothly as in Wet Moon, they shove it down your throat with the most idiotic stories and dialogue imaginable.