I disagree...the sky is indeed falling. Worse and worse comic books are being put out for older and older auidences making the characters, which were once all ages, now completely different entites altogether. And as long as they hire people who dont respect the damn genre, the sky will continue to fall and people will say we are making something out of nothing. And then, one day the comics, who have sealed themselves off from their base market, will wither, the prices will skyrocket and one by one...will die. I know because John Byrne told me so over 10 years ago in the back of Next Men. So dont say the sky isnt falling then ask when the JB will pick up Next Men again.
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I'm not sure I see your point, James, since Next Men wasn't a superhero book or an all-ages book.  That's not offered snarkily, I'm just not making the connection.

the poster complains about comic books "not being all ages anymore" and then notes that JB warned about this in NEXT MEN.

NEXT MEN!!!!! - a mature readers book!!

...and then he finishes by complaining that JB can't go back to his "mature readers" super hero series, because mature readers super hero books have destroyed the industry!

My head is spinning.

I'm not sure I see your point, James, since Next Men wasn't a superhero book or an all-ages book.  That's not offered snarkily, I'm just not making the connection.

Ok let me try to explain it this way...this kind of industry, self loathing crap that comes from the "new and hip" writers is an indication the sky is falling. They write comic books that make fun of comic books and the idiotcy that they should be. Silly costumes, stupid names, all of it. If comics were still being written today for the auidence they were intended for thse people wouldn't be able to slip this little, oh superheros are silly and costumes look dumb into the pages

The industry that once had 1,000,000 books a month sales is not even a shell of itself, because of this think that we must write stories to the every aging fanbase who still read comics books, instead of just making them comic books that anyone can enjoy. So the industry shrinks, less and less books come out. The books that do come out are raised in price since less people are buying them, and some books get killed before they even have a chance to find an auidence because of this catch 22 cool speak.

What I said before was if Morrison wants to go mock superheroes and write that kind of story....go make his own damn worlds to mock. But coming on to a flagship title like Batman and then to still mock it, thats disrespectful to the field. I never said no more adult books, but hell even JB made DU and Babe when he was doing Next Men. 2 books that weren't adult orintated and were accessible.

People ask why doesnt JB finish Next Men ? Cause the market wont support it. The same market that Morrison is shrinking with his, spandex are for fools they should be members of the Village People instead of "costumes" mindthink. So you say the sky isnt falling ? I say it fell, has fallen on dozens of titles the past few years that never got a shot out of the gate past the every cool and hip comic book owners who will tell you, that comic sucks, that comic isnt in continuity and that comic is way cool cause Superman said fuck in it.

Jeff, the difference is that Lee has the characters saying "You look silly."  Morrison has the characters saying "I look silly"

Get a clue, Roger, and stop baiting.