TAKE THAT Swing-Dancing enthusiasts!!! But I don't care WHAT he says about superhero comics... my Prowler miniseries and NightWatch comics are TOTALLY good! -No, wait...
This can be said for almost anything. Really, its supply and demand. As any given thing becomes more popular, its demand (by definition) goes up. This encourages more production, which allows lower-quality producers to enter the market.
Your customer is right. Comic books would be a much more viable commodity today if they hadn't devolved into crappy superhero stories stealing all their plots from the Bible. Those were the early days and the stories (and art) have just gotten worse from there. Your customer is 100% correct and made a clever and extremely accurate analogy.
QFT.
ReplyDeleteSwing dancing is popular again?
ReplyDeleteTO THE DANCE SCHOOL!!!
Damn Brian Setzer!.......
ReplyDeleteHA! -Nice.
DeleteWait, superhero comics are popular these days? Could have fooled me. I thought comic sales have been falling for the past 20 years...
ReplyDeleteSuperhero comics are like swing dancing. Just cuz they got popular again doesn't mean they were ever good, but both are, in fact, good.
ReplyDeleteWhat a strange comparison.
ReplyDeleteThere's terrible and good swing dancers and there's terrible and good comics.. it's an accurate comparison.
ReplyDeleteYou forgot to label this one "It's true"
ReplyDeleteTAKE THAT Swing-Dancing enthusiasts!!!
ReplyDeleteBut I don't care WHAT he says about superhero comics... my Prowler miniseries and NightWatch comics are TOTALLY good! -No, wait...
Well, his comment is technically true... their popularity does not influence their quality. Rather the opposite, in fact.
ReplyDeleteThis can be said for almost anything. Really, its supply and demand. As any given thing becomes more popular, its demand (by definition) goes up. This encourages more production, which allows lower-quality producers to enter the market.
DeletePoor Shane McCarthy - he's a superhero comics writer and a swing dance instructor. He's gonna think this is personal!
ReplyDeleteAs one of Shane's students, I can confidently say he can handle it.
DeleteHe must have been rejected by a swing-dancing girl.
ReplyDeleteBut Swing is awesome. This guy is lame.
ReplyDeleteYour customer is right. Comic books would be a much more viable commodity today if they hadn't devolved into crappy superhero stories stealing all their plots from the Bible. Those were the early days and the stories (and art) have just gotten worse from there. Your customer is 100% correct and made a clever and extremely accurate analogy.
ReplyDeleteTroll harder good sir
DeleteYeah man, I hate it when swing dancers steal their plots from the Bible.
DeleteWait.. is that you on that picture, Spittle Gauze?
ReplyDeleteWhere's the "it's true" tag?
ReplyDeleteHe may not be right, but it's a nifty analogy that can be applied to many "retro" fads.
ReplyDeleteduck and cover. this customer is dropping a truth-bomb on you.
ReplyDeleteIt's not so much that superhero comics are bad. It's that they squat on the market, and insist they're the only thing in comics ever.
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