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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime)
Newsgroups: net.comics
Subject: Re: Comics as a Creative Medium
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Date: Mon, 9-Dec-85 11:38:34 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  9 11:38:34 1985
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Not much of a comment, other than I agree with you 100%.  However, more
adults are reading comics at this time, I'm sure, than ever before;
obviously something is attracting them in.  I think that comics ARE being
marketed for an older audience these days (Ambush Bug being advertised in
colleges, etc.).

Your comments on the abilities of the medium were absolutely on the mark --
I've often thought of how I'd adapt a good comics story (the Englehart
DETECTIVE Batmans, for instance)into a film, and often had to compromise the
story due to the limitations of the film medium.  It works the other way,
though -- I think of Thought and Voice Balloons almost as dialogue these
days, but it takes a while to get into the habit of reading them that way
(I've also been ignoring sound effects ("THOOM!") for years...).

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                         hard-boiled cabbies.  When you get to your
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                         hitchiking."
                                                -- David Letterman

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