tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678869.post2685126433682912190..comments2024-03-07T11:43:27.630-08:00Comments on Jeff Durham : Summer Movie Super-HeroesJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05452047510844339361noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678869.post-88330760859021368882011-05-08T08:46:32.113-07:002011-05-08T08:46:32.113-07:00My impression is that the the films are darker tha...My impression is that the the films are darker than than the comics we knew back in the day, but they aren't nearly as dark -- generally speaking -- as contemporary comics. I'm not saying that's bad, it's just not the same. I suppose kids just don't read them any more so the business has changed its targeted age to late teens and early twenties men. <br /><br />I'm betting they don't make comics for little kids any more. I sure don't see any when I'm out and about. No more spinner racks in the grocery stores, that's for sure. Occasionally, I see an Archie's Digest, but that's it. I don't see even see MAD out there in the wild, now that Borders/Barnes/Noble have left town.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05452047510844339361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22678869.post-27331353856924614832011-05-06T21:10:32.500-07:002011-05-06T21:10:32.500-07:00I apologize...I saw this in the Time Out and I did...I apologize...I saw this in the Time Out and I didn't check the artist. I always check the artist because I look for your name! I do..really. This morning I scanned the paper...I didn't read it ...really well. Even Tim missed this but I will point this out to him.<br /><br />Like you, Superhero movies worry me. They make them more dark or their stories more dark than the comic books of growing up. It bothers me that the little kids can't (shouldn't) see them on film because of the graphic nature. Art however keeps it clipped and precise of the nature of the character. Imagination can decide how we think they sound, move, react. We can't be disappointed in the reading whereas the movie can leave us aghast.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00912709342270151365noreply@blogger.com