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From: tim@k.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA (Tim Maroney)
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Subject: Re: Jean Grey is back (Why buy garbage?)
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Date: Tue, 8-Oct-85 16:25:12 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  8 16:25:12 1985
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Look, it was obvious from the start that this whole sequence was going to
be cretinous.  The premise makes that obvious.  So why do you people, who I
assume are somewhat above average in intelligence, buy it?  I'm serious!
What factors cause someone to buy a comic book that they realize from the
start is going to be awful?

Don't you realize that if you continue to suffer these Pavlovian reactions
to comic books, they will continue to be rotten?  If you are guaranteed to
buy something that has Jean Grey on the cover, then why should they bother
putting a good story?  If the floor beneath you becomes covered with drool
when you hear the name Byrne, then why shouldn't he become somewhat less
careful in his artwork (as we've all seen)?

The major obstacle to real improvement in comics is the buying habits of the
fans.  Unless you people start to =PUT= =QUALITY= =FIRST= in your purchases,
then Marvel is surely not going to put quality first in their releases.
-=-
Tim Maroney, CMU Center for Art and Technology
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