stupid comics in the news

[davemerrill]

Learn all about STUPID COMICS today from AOL NEWS! That's right, the mass media finally wakes up and takes notice of one of the most vital sources of information available today - Mister Kitty's Stupid Comics!!

http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/article/a-look-at-the-worlds-stupidest-comics/19645056

Will this lead to book deal, TV show, movie, inevitable cocaine-fueled downfall, tabloid lawsuit, comeback, self-aware cameo role, footnote in history for Mister Kitty? Stay tuned!

Comments

[tochiro998.livejournal.com]

well, and also, price and availability. Whole lotta difference between a 12 cent comic you can buy ANYWHERE, every drugstore, newsstand, supermarket, blah blah Vs. a 3.99 comic where one must seek, find and enter the forbidden cave of geekatude, if your city has one, as there is only something like 2500 comic shops left in the US now.

but I sing that song overly much, I know.

in many ways I also blame that late '80s hard push to the 'graphic novel' and 'this way bookstores will RESPECT us' nonsense, with the $20 and up pricetags. "It'll be JUST LIKE IN FRANCE" some thought, forgetting that those TinTin books were priced as 'cheap disposable' entertainment for the locals, based on the local cost-of-living rates. See also Japan and the $3 collection Vs. the $10 price in the US.

Blah blah blah but at least it's on the topic. :)

[sobieniak.livejournal.com]

in many ways I also blame that late '80s hard push to the 'graphic novel' and 'this way bookstores will RESPECT us' nonsense, with the $20 and up pricetags. "It'll be JUST LIKE IN FRANCE" some thought, forgetting that those TinTin books were priced as 'cheap disposable' entertainment for the locals, based on the local cost-of-living rates. See also Japan and the $3 collection Vs. the $10 price in the US.

Really, you guys just ruined my fun!