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I disagree, the literary aspect of comics has never been better.

For instance Civil War, it may not have had write ups in Publishers Weekly or what not but it is satisfying the one demand of comic readers, excitement. And Fans can not wait to read issue #2.

Other books like Jean Phillip Stassen's 'Deogratias' from St Martins Press is a highly thought provoking title.

Or a book like ' A Bit of Madness' from Checker Publishing is absolutely gorgeous in the artwork and is a solid high fantasy tale of Elves, Humans and good and evil.

Soon we will see comic works by renown writers such as Laurell Hamilton and already have works by Sci Fi writer Raymond Feist.

The Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, John Byrne, Chis Claremont days are over. Comics are moving into a new generation with the likes of Warren Ellis, Michael Bendis and Robert Kirkman to name a few.

The industry has never really been more thought provoking and interesting for readers.

Comics are not running out of ideas, there is still a world of ideas to explore.

Why do you think Hollywood, which is bankrupt of ideas, is looking to the comi industry for new ideas.

[who knows what evil?]

The Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, John Byrne, Chis Claremont days are over. Comics are moving into a new generation with the likes of Warren Ellis, Michael Bendis and Robert Kirkman to name a few.

Precisely why I got out of comics...if I want reality with a leftist slant; I can read any newspaper.

[Darkwolf377]

a solid high fantasy tale of Elves, Humans and good and evil. Soon we will see comic works by renown writers such as Laurell Hamilton

You almost had me upp to this point.

Comics about elves, and considering a hack Anne Rice wannabe as "renowned" writers pretty much says it all about comic books. The pretentions to some kind of relevence are just that.

Comic books are just comic books, simplistic stories for arrested adolescents who can't handle real books. No offense, just my opinion as one who read them as a kid and has looked at them over the years due to my work with kids.

[steel_resolve]

ping for reading list ideas.

[GeronL]

Let me guess that it is evil conservatives who want to register super-heroes and not the left who in real life wants to register and regulate EVERYTHING and would absolutely hate superheroes

[LenS]

I collected mostly X-Men comics for almost twenty years. But I stopped recently because I was tired of the writers inserting their grade-school liberalism into the stories and then patting themselves on their backs for being so creative and intelligent.

[mewzilla]

Soon we will see comic works by renown writers such as Laurell Hamilton

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