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Title: Comic Books - an Adult's hobby? Post by: sgrizzle on May 05, 2015, 03:57:57 pm While print media as a whole is going down the tubes, one traditional media form that is actually seeing INCREASED sales are comic books.
Also, while many of us read comic books as a kid, it is no longer a kid's activity. Average age of comic readers is actually in the 30's and probably wears khakis to work. The change can be attributed to many things; Comic book movies, digital comics, and a medium that actually finds itself in a world between movie/tv and books allowing for unique storytelling and publishers to be able to still make money on output that would bankrupt a traditional publisher or studio. Thoughts? Anyone on here an adult comic book fan? Title: Re: Comic Books - an Adult's hobby? Post by: sgrizzle on May 05, 2015, 04:00:32 pm Related: http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/features/nerds-among-us-lovers-of-nerdy-things-come-from-all/article_aac5d763-f667-56c4-bd6e-17a4d770ed32.html
Title: Re: Comic Books - an Adult's hobby? Post by: carltonplace on May 07, 2015, 07:01:27 am Wonder if Big Bang Theory has done anything to increase adult readership.
I used to read the X-MEN but stopped after the umpteenth annual end of the world cross-over event back in the 90's. The books stopped being character driven. Title: Re: Comic Books - an Adult's hobby? Post by: sgrizzle on May 07, 2015, 08:31:33 am Wonder if Big Bang Theory has done anything to increase adult readership. I used to read the X-MEN but stopped after the umpteenth annual end of the world cross-over event back in the 90's. The books stopped being character driven. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teRMsxMLVkY[/youtube] Title: Re: Comic Books - an Adult's hobby? Post by: Conan71 on May 07, 2015, 10:29:40 am Also, while many of us read comic books as a kid, it is no longer a kid's activity. Average age of comic readers is actually in the 30's and probably wears khakis to work. ??? ??? ??? (http://cdn.business2community.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/tumblr_static_tumblr_static_bxbng5tfvvw4ksw048gk040oo_1280.jpg.jpg) Title: Re: Comic Books - an Adult's hobby? Post by: sgrizzle on May 07, 2015, 04:01:10 pm She... sounds... HIDEOUS
Title: Re: Comic Books - an Adult's hobby? Post by: sgrizzle on May 07, 2015, 04:02:28 pm I actually brought it up, because I've heard of young professional types doing book clubs, but with comics. And the TulsaWorld article above.
Title: Re: Comic Books - an Adult's hobby? Post by: Conan71 on May 08, 2015, 10:51:19 am I don’t think I’ve picked up a comic book since my early teens. Just never really got into it.
Title: Re: Comic Books - an Adult's hobby? Post by: Townsend on May 08, 2015, 11:24:58 am Back in the days of Magic, I took a summer job at a book store. I was sorting used comics and asked about duplicate numbers on different Spiderman comics.
One of my fellow employees explained "different series". I said, "How many Spiderman series are there?" That's when all Hell broke loose. |