Why Comic Books Aren’t Funny Anymore
Monday, February 2nd, 2009
Why aren’t they? Easy. Because there’s no reason to laugh. The comic book industry hasn’t yet begun to languish with the same furor of the publishing industry at large, in part because of its highly unique clientele: geeks like myself, willing to forgo the niceties of modern life (eating at restaurants, fashionable clothes, oil changes) for a great trade paperback. But will this trend continue? With industry followers like Publishers Weekly holding their breaths in anticipation of the success of the New York Comic Con as a benchmark for the comic industry’s success this year, it seems that time (and trade shows) will tell. continue reading
