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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime)
Newsgroups: net.comics
Subject: Re: Miracleman
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Date: Thu, 5-Dec-85 12:12:15 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  5 12:12:15 1985
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In article <11140@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> cc-30@ucbcory.UUCP (Kathy Li c/o Sean "Yoda" Rouse) writes:
>[...](I'd
>watch out for Watchmen, though.  There, Moore will be treating superheroes as
>they'd affect the world, e.g. The US gets the first superhero, so the USSR
>keels under diplomatically in certain instances because of the superior 
>military force this superhero represents.)

Sounds like Epic's THE ONE, which I am really enjoying...

>Someone tell me:
>      Why is it that the numerous film genres have survived, while
>in comics, only the superhero seems to be alive and well?

Hmm, err, well... good question, that.

Actually, think about what movies generally break down into, genre-wise:

Comedy
Horror
Western
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Drama

Four of the five genre's above are represented in comics (though,
admittedly, the majority fall into Sci-Fi/Fantasy, where the biggest
sub-category would be Super-Hero comics).  However, comedy comics are doing
quite well (Ambush Bug, 'mazing man and Blue Devil all have SH basises, but
I think of them as comedy).  The western had died in both the theatres and
in comics, pretty much.  Horror has always been represented in comics
(mostly by DC) and is making a comeback in both comics and film (note that
Stephen King is a comics fan from way back...).  Only Drama seems to have
been avoided in comics, and if you look closely, you can find that inherent
in Cerebus, Swamp Thing and a couple other titles.  I suspect that Drama
hasn't been approached since 1) comics are still thought of as Kid's Stuff,
and kids don't go to dramatic movies, and 2) if you had a dramatic novel and
an adaptation of this novel into comics, how much is added by the art?
Answer: a lot if you've got a good creative team in the comics; I suspect
there are several people out there (Gene Colan for one) who could do "The
Color Purple" very well.

Oh, well, a few ideas tossed out...

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                                         beautiful.  Just very very
                                         pretty."

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