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From: eric@aplvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.comics
Subject: Comics getting more obscure?
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Date: Sat, 13-Aug-83 17:29:56 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 13 17:29:56 1983
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	I just picked up my weeks worth of comics at the shop today,
and was talking to the clerk. He said that he now judges a comic by
how many times he has to read it to understand it. Looking back, he
may have a point. Some of the new titles: Ronin, Thriller, American
Flagg, etc. are not easy reads. In Ronin, the artwork overwhelms the
text on the first time through the book. Thriller (which I just
picked up) seems to spend a whole lot of time going no where. And
American Flagg packs so much on each page that it takes forever to
piece it together. Yet I am coming to enjoy each of these titles, the
more I re-read them. Anyone else noticing this trend?

					eric
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P.S. I was also talking to the clerk about the lateness of several
of DCs Baxter publications, i.e. Camelot 3000, Ronin, Omega Men, etc.
Does anyone know if this is due to the Baxter process, or just
people missing deadlines?