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Topic: Boom Titles -- Sept 2010
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GeoX
Boom Titles -- Sept 2010
Message 61 -
2010-08-02 at 01:07:57
Well, if Kids Today are incapable of appreciating Barks, then all is lost. Fortunately, however, I don't think that's remotely true.
Barko
Boom Titles -- Sept 2010
Message 62 -
2010-08-03 at 17:47:08
Me neither, GeoX! The quality of Barks´ stories is so great that it´s hard to believe kids today would prefer inferior stories to those of Barks. A good sign is the never ending reprinting of Barks´ stories.
Mcduck_Enterprises
Boom Titles -- Sept 2010
Message 63 -
2010-08-03 at 20:33:40
I'm pretty sure this topic is turning back to the whole "comics in general are outdated and not in touch with kids anyway" theory, which I beleive is partly true....I get my son interested in reading some cool comics, but I can tell its a passing thing for him.....it's not like years ago when you could find a comic shop crowded after school.....I sincerely doubt the market will ever rebound unless there is a ludite push back to the basics in society....things like the Wii have changed how our children percieve entertainment. It has nothing to do with Barks as a stand alone, being accepted by a younger generation...or comic books in general....much like sports cards, which are ever going digital and i-pods.....vinyl anyone?
Gerd Syllwasschy
Boom Titles -- Sept 2010
Message 64 -
2010-08-03 at 21:07:49
Even Ehapa concedes that Barks is still received well by younger readers. He had a perfect sense for the timing of his stories and it still does its magic.
Rodney
Boom Titles -- Sept 2010
Message 65 -
2010-08-05 at 16:46:17
Vinyl record sales have been increasing in dramatic levels over the last few years. We buy our new music almost exclusively on vinyl.
Mcduck_Enterprises
Boom Titles -- Sept 2010
Message 66 -
2010-08-05 at 17:49:05
I too own a lot of vinyl, but maybe vinyl is making a come back because it's retro charm sells, and companies are noticing that after 20 years of "the new thing": CD's? However, it can only ever be that..a specialized market,....just like any 1950's thru 1980's nostalgia....there is a market for it, but I do not foresee any print comics progressing in sales to children....ever. The market is not there when they have high tech toys, wii, ipods, internet, collected scool sports and the like. Children do not have the tolerance for comics because there is so much more out there.......ala, 1950 thru 1985ish, there was a need for that type of entertainment because there was very little diversity in children's entertainment.....now, only for a specialized market and that market's children if they are influenced as well. I think the real fall from grace in comics happened when the US government allowed toy companies to market thru cartoons in the mid 1980's.....Don't get me wrong, I was a definate product of it......loved me some Gijoe, Transformers and such....but I believe that was one of the major steps in disversifying childrens entertainment.
Donald_Duck
Boom Titles -- Sept 2010
Message 67 -
2010-08-05 at 18:36:09
I think the Barks stuff is perfectly suitable for kids today. Maybe Fantagraphics will follow up their Gottfredson volumes with classic Barks.