[Byrnes]

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Originally Posted by lordbest

If you're claiming that the majority of the comics fanbase is 30-50 men, I'd be interested to see your sources for that. Even if it were true, it is a poor business model that panders to an ageing, shrinking demographic at the expense of newer ones.
Not to mention that according to the industry, the fastest growing comic demographic in recent times is 17-33 year old women, and others claim 45% of comic fans are already women.

None of that has anything to do with political correctness, though. You're complaining comics aren't the same now as they were when you were growing up, fair enough. But they weren't the same then as they were 30 years before that, either. Stories change to reflect the changes in the society that spawns them, as old stigmas and prejudice fall away the stories change to reflect that. It isn't some kind of political bias, it is popular culture reflecting the society that spawns it.

All I can tell you is what I see at the comics store and who's putting their money up on the counter. If there is a new generation of people ordering stuff online I have no idea about that. I'm sure there are a good amount who do the online service. I never said anything about women or men. My bigger problem is the way the stuff is written. I can read a comic in about 2 min these days. There is no real story or communication it's about 10 words per page and about 20 pages.