Bravo to Chuck Dixon, one of my favorite comic writers on things like Airboy, Detective Comics, Moon Knight and Birds of Prey. The man writes great adventure stories.
I’m not familiar with Paul Rivoche, since I stopped reading comics a few years back because of much of what Chuck wrote about. It seems like once Bush was elected in 2000, the occasional liberal undertone became a constant, overt presence. From what I gather, today’s comics have taken that to new levels, and sales figures show much of the audience has voted with their feet. Enter liberalism, exit fun.
Thank God for back issues!
yes siree - I’ve very few issues after 2000, but just got another batch in the mail today to fill some holes from the 60s and 70s. (my wifes gonna kill me ;) 30K+ and counting.
I’m a Dixon fan myself - loved Airboy.
Since they (the publishers) went direct market and cut back on drug store and subscriptions in the 80s, their market focus has changed to adults instead of kids. So they started writing to target what they thought that market wanted.