3/25/2023 0 Comments Simple comic crashes![]() Avid collectors sprang up to buy titles that they assumed would accumulate value, kinda like what happened with Beanie Babies. The 80s/90s was largely based around a speculation bubble that eventually popped. A lot of "comics are dying" talk is pretty hyperbolic, in my opinion, and it mostly refers specifically to the direct market and to superhero books in particular. I've got a YouTube video coming up about this and a few other issues, mainly that how we interact with fiction has changed a lot over the past few decades, but DC and Marvel haven't changed in response. Not just because a bunch of comic companies were encouraging this behavior, and in the process also making their comics less accessible, but a ton of comic shops went under when the bubble popped. A ton of people were buying comics just because they thought it would make them rich one day, and when it turned out they realized that no most of these comics are worthless, it did a lot of damage to the industry. However, the speculation boom and crash of the '90s cannot be underestimated. At the core, DC and Marvel are still primarily marketing their comics towards the folks who are kids in the 70s, 80s and 90s. ![]() DC and Marvel has spent the past few decades trying to get more more money out of there devoted fans, and not doing as good of a job and outreach for new fans. While devoted fans spend more money, casual fans is how you make new fans and get people into your comics. An example is the current Batman Fortnite comic, I’ve heard stories about parents wanting to buy the comic because their kid wants the code it comes with and couldn’t care less about the actual comicbook.Īnother factor is that comic publishers began focusing on the hardcore devoted fans, and stopped making as many comics for casual fans. It’s also getting harder to get kids to read comics nowadays too, there’s just too much other things that they’d much rather prefer. Constant reboots and retcons, consistently relaunching titles, and variants galore have turned off some of the older collectors out there. In saying that, prices of comics going up, as well as Marvel and DC trying to chase new customers by using short term tactics have turned away write a number of people. There’s a reason why prior to the big comic book movie boom reading comic books carried a negative stereotype with it. Plus, I don’t really think that comics were every really THAT popular to begin with. Notice how many “COLLECTOR’S ITEM FIRST ISSUE” comics there were and how many of these comics would sell for less than USD5 today. 90s comics were popular because everyone was speculating that they’ll be able to retire on the next big book.
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