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from grim to fun and back to grim again
Mar. 30th, 2012 12:09 pmThe ever changing nature of the Korean Conflict, as seen through American war comics of the 50s...
(some killer artwork by future Mad Magazine stalwart Dave "The Lighter Side" Berg)
Grab your rifle and get ready to defeat some Communist hordes this week at Stupid Comics!
Ya know the weird thing is that when Stupid Comics got to 300, I sent out some emails to various comic book related news blogs, saying hey, here we are, we've been doing this for a while, it's our 300th. And not one of them even bothered to reply, let alone throw us a bone. These are blogs that will report the tiniest bit of insignificant comic book news, or comic book movie news, or news about an actor who once starred in a film comic book nerds like - they're all over it. But a site that examines forgotten dumb ol' comics, actual comic books, not press releases about the Exciting New Changes that are coming to Corporate Trademark Characters - THAT, they ignore.
In a way that's a good thing. We do get a healthy amount of traffic to the Mister Kitty site and I would say a good chunk of it comes from people that aren't connected to the nerd news world, who don't have any idea what is going on in the geekosphere at all. That to me is a more interesting audience than the nerds, it shows what we do connects on a level beyond catch-phrases or memes or references. Connecting to a wider audience... no wonder comic book news sites have no interest in what we do.
(some killer artwork by future Mad Magazine stalwart Dave "The Lighter Side" Berg)
Grab your rifle and get ready to defeat some Communist hordes this week at Stupid Comics!
Ya know the weird thing is that when Stupid Comics got to 300, I sent out some emails to various comic book related news blogs, saying hey, here we are, we've been doing this for a while, it's our 300th. And not one of them even bothered to reply, let alone throw us a bone. These are blogs that will report the tiniest bit of insignificant comic book news, or comic book movie news, or news about an actor who once starred in a film comic book nerds like - they're all over it. But a site that examines forgotten dumb ol' comics, actual comic books, not press releases about the Exciting New Changes that are coming to Corporate Trademark Characters - THAT, they ignore.
In a way that's a good thing. We do get a healthy amount of traffic to the Mister Kitty site and I would say a good chunk of it comes from people that aren't connected to the nerd news world, who don't have any idea what is going on in the geekosphere at all. That to me is a more interesting audience than the nerds, it shows what we do connects on a level beyond catch-phrases or memes or references. Connecting to a wider audience... no wonder comic book news sites have no interest in what we do.
