1)-As I sit here and contemplate the comic industry, I think of one of the complaints of so many creators and readers about the unwillingness of fans to depart from the classic characters of the big two and fully embrace something new even if the traditional characters are...
2)-being poorly written or drawn. Most older readers, which is most readers let's face it, still read comics because of the nostalgia or the memories of their youth. Those memories are deeply connected to the characters of their youth. So it becomes harder for those...
3)- readers to depart from the classic characters they grew up reading to embrace something new. The new characters have no historical attachment to the readers. That I believe is one of the major struggles to launching and sustaining new characters, even within the...
4) - big two publishers. Because there are so few young readers it is nearly impossible to launch new characters for a new generation, when there is no new generation.
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