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Grex Comics Item 41: Storytelling
Entered by senna on Sat Mar 22 06:48:49 UTC 1997:

How do people think that comic book storywriting, in general, including all
comics, compares with storytelling in the past? Beetter, worse, the same,
different?

5 responses total.

#1 of 5 by bio on Sun Mar 23 06:53:02 1997:

Well that's hard to say. There are genenaly themes and feeling in storytelling
throughout comics history. Yet there is always variation. Currently a tend
to see a move to alternative storylines. The more diverse the better. But I
noticed since Neil Gaiman's Sandman there has been more dream like stories.
Two examples (off the top of my head) are Maxx and CreeD. Who knows for read
what trends in storytelling there are. It's all about personal taste...

#2 of 5 by senna on Sun Mar 23 08:29:51 1997:

True, but keep in mind that none of the Marvel Comics have much in the way
of deep material anymore.  A lot of the good storylines don't get much in the
way of sales and publicity.

#3 of 5 by dbassman on Wed Mar 26 23:46:32 1997:

I think in many ways the stories in the books nwo a days seem more realisitic
than past comics. A lot of early comics depict the superhero as with very flat
demeanors

#4 of 5 by bio on Thu Mar 27 05:54:49 1997:

I think with Alan Moore's Watchmen that people start to re-examine the
superhero character. Sure the hero is great and everything, but maybe what
he doing is not as great if you look t it in other ways. Alan Moore is perfect
at this. He did it with Watchmen and agian with WildCATs. Got to love the guy.

#5 of 5 by senna on Thu Mar 27 08:08:12 1997:

Some comics, perhaps, but chris claremont had beautiful characterization ion
X-men years ago.  And all the really odld comic characters, except for
Superman and the X-Men, really ahven't changed in years.  And th e tgwo that
have changed for the worse.

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