tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post7034147691928267965..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: Comic Books and the Loss of ChivalryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-17042361817695833262014-02-23T18:20:42.744-05:002014-02-23T18:20:42.744-05:00I always preferred Marvel over DC.I always preferred Marvel over DC.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-8155530697433739322014-01-24T16:28:05.907-05:002014-01-24T16:28:05.907-05:00Though you're a Marvelite, I thought you might...Though you're a Marvelite, I thought you might find this post interesting:<br /><br />http://captaincomics.ning.com/forum/topics/does-anyone-at-dc-know-what-they-re-doingQuartermainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-14082409128694567052014-01-23T13:38:11.733-05:002014-01-23T13:38:11.733-05:00Of all things, I actually liked Judge Dredd, becau...Of all things, I actually liked Judge Dredd, because it was so prescient. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-79507396452491274812014-01-23T12:38:24.506-05:002014-01-23T12:38:24.506-05:00The comic books, IMHO, started going down hill tow...The comic books, IMHO, started going down hill towards the end of the silver age comics era.<br /><br />In the mid-80's, the medium got darker and the de-heroziation of hero began.<br /><br />Anymore, I buy IDW mostly. Peanuts, Popeye are what I buy nowadays.Quartermainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-62401714039419684002014-01-21T23:56:56.211-05:002014-01-21T23:56:56.211-05:00I was and am a comic book geek. I find it amazing...I was and am a comic book geek. I find it amazing that the culture harvests this material 60 years on... just shows how little there is left that anyone finds in the least nourishing.<br /><br />Also liked your observation about mirroring and providing models. Public figures used to consider that as part of their gift and responsibility. Now such model behaviour is an outlier.<br /><br />Bad times a comin' Uncle Bob!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-9555576321610438702014-01-21T23:34:28.245-05:002014-01-21T23:34:28.245-05:00Read all 11 of Burroughs' Martian novels when ...Read all 11 of Burroughs' Martian novels when I found them in the school library, of all places. What Disney did in "John Carter" was an abomination...RJnoreply@blogger.com