Comic books are sometimes treated as acid tests for someone's geekiness. And in that regard, I'm a full-blown, throwback geek from the dark ages, golden era if you will, but not in any unhealthy way, so get off me. The funny thing about it, is the way that comics always worm their way into pop culture.Jerry Seinfeld had a bit of a Superman obsession, his takes with the animated Superman in American Express commercials were hilarious.
This season, a Monday night sitcom called the Big Bang Theory has a bit about Superman and several other geek type exchanges. One was brought up on another blog (thanks for reminding me guys)! They also directed me to the YoutTube clip below.
Even in the down years, when comics weren't selling, and comic book movies were not being made. Marvel comics went bankrupt for a while there, but comics were still there on the periphery of pop culture. As if every grown man had a box of comics stowed away in the back of their closet, along with a baseball card collection, and a dirty magazine collection from their teen years. All of these things were kept quiet, in varying degrees and for different reasons. Mostly, it was just our own thing. Like fight club, you don't talk about it, unless you are in one of the safe places, comic book stores, and now apparently, internet chat room and message boards.
Several things have contributed to comic books rebirth. The movie industry for one and CGI effects making it possible to make real action movies from the comic stories that we all grew up loving without making them look like the Power Rangers. Animation is great, sometimes preferrable to me, but the motion picture versions or these superhero stories brought it all into the mainstream. I think mostly because while most grow out of their desire to read comics, seeing it all in the movie theater and on video can't be passed up.
A couple years ago I read some articles and saw some promos that even took me back to the
comic book store, for a growing habit. Of course, I've covered that already on this blog.
