[omega145]

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Originally Posted by webz

1) I'm not a boomer. GenX here, and proud of it!

2) I like the older comics because they seem more real. It looks like a person wearing clothes. Look at Chris Reeve's Superman. He put on lots of muscle for that role.

3) 90's were one of the worst years for comics art

Makes me happy to see the intended audience for toys still enjoying them, and not completely saturated with desire for all things electronic.

It is possible to have a boomer stance on a subject and not actually be a boomer. Typically people who have a "get off my lawn" attitude or "my generation is better then yours" come across as boomers.
I agree that the over sensationalized 90's art was ridiculous but its what I enjoyed growing up reading comics in that era.
At the end of the day, art is all subjective. I didn't care for Christopher Reeve's portrayal and would rather my ideal version of Superman be evolved to what he is today in having the physique of someone who could actually perform those magnificent feats.

Toys are still loved by lots of kids. I have a 12 year old who has become more enamored with technology at this point but I did let her play with some of the 3.75" MU figures a few times and she enjoyed it. We have another on the way and damn sure i'm going to have that kid playing with Marvel Legends and other action figures. Any of us who are parents need to keep the action figure play alive and its always a good idea to instill the collectors mentality into a childs mind so that they can appreciate and potentially take care of our collections when we are gone.

[omega145]

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

I agree with much of what you said but I don't agree with the example of Liefeld. His understand of human anatomy was just so off that I think he took inspiration from a anorexic contortionist pornstar.

It's an extreme example that I use over and over again just because of the praise I see for other artists who could easily have their work ripped apart. I love Jim Lee's artwork but I could show you a few of his examples of some very awful looking feet he's drawn on covers.

[Exodus]

I actually didn't Liefeld's art back in the days, and then only when I saw people compare them to those other types of arts is when I realize "oh ok :P" But at the same time it's a comic book, it's his interpretation on how they look per say, so to each their own as I say. Currently kind of catching up with some of the X-Titles and I do have to say that it's quite interesting reading it...Especially the whole part where the Mutants don't really die any more...

[Exodus]

Catching up on the x-titles and have to say getting used to the whole krakoa and the resurrection thing. It's actually cool that most of the mutants are united in it.

[WallySparks]

comic book series Im reading currently is Family Tree by Image Comics. Read the first 4 issues and its pretty good and weird in a good way. Image Comics makes really good horror series even Gideon Falls and Transgression

[WallySparks]

a few things that Im slowly reading since I have a big pile to go through for old and new comics

re-reading my old collection of X-Men 2099
just started getting into Ghost Rider 2099
Dark Horse Omnibus Volume 4 of old Marvel Star Wars
reading old Power Pack and original Alpha Flight. Back then in the 1990s I didnt know Alpha Flight was still going on.

Gideon Falls. had to pick up some old previous issues to catch up on

the newer Avengers comic from issues 6 to whatever along with the newer issues #40 to 44

[WallySparks]

also the Epic Collection Volume 1 trade paperback of X-Force. old school X-Force

[ScottyHawkeye]

GI Joe Reloaded
Spawn Origins
Invincible
Avengers Disassembled
Batman No Man's Land

[WallySparks]

reading some of the older earlier issues of Walking Dead. So far pretty good

that and just started buying some of the Dark Horse trade paperbacks of the old Marvel Comics Conan comic

[Skoob]

Took out my old bagged issues of Sandman. Loved the original stories. I have a bad feeling about this:

[ScottyHawkeye]

Batman White Knight
Batman The Adventures Continue
GI Joe America's Elite
Ultimate Avengers

[Atomsmasher]

Story of civilization book 10. Rousseau and revolution