tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19387347.post2059955513866683469..comments2024-03-19T06:14:23.325-04:00Comments on Kleefeld on Comics: Hardware ReviewSean Kleefeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492399469370737192noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19387347.post-7236955731226793052012-02-29T12:01:40.334-05:002012-02-29T12:01:40.334-05:00Good answers! I figured that's what I would ge...Good answers! I figured that's what I would get, though!Matt Khttp://edgeofspace.net/alchemynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19387347.post-15660234782648091182012-02-29T10:48:01.350-05:002012-02-29T10:48:01.350-05:00Well, how you define the question results in diffe...Well, how you define the question results in different answers...<br /><br />Arguably, Storm's had a prominent role in various X-Men titles for at least 25 years now. (Since the Claremont days when she sported a mohawk.) However, she's not THE lead character much of the time and has hopped around among the specific titles of the franchise. <br /><br />Ray Billingsley's comic <b>strip</b> Curtis has been around since 1988. Although it's certainly not the most popular comic strip and newspaper sales have been on the decline, I suspect it still has more readers than any X-Men title.<br /><br />But that it's A) hard to come up with any reasonable answers at all, and B) only possible to go back a couple of decades highlights just how bleak things are.<br /><br />As for Mosely, he could certainly bring some folks over. What I think is interesting about Mark Waid's recent announcement about doing webcomics isn't that he's likely to do anything revolutionary but that he's going to bring over fans of his print work into webcomics. I threw out the Priest and Coipel names as a similar idea specifically within "mainstream" comics, but I think Mosley would have a similar impact in bringing folks in from the prose world. (Provided he had a good artist and editor, and doesn't just rehash his existing material as has happened with Stephen King.)Sean Kleefeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492399469370737192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19387347.post-56513548208028967852012-02-29T08:46:53.651-05:002012-02-29T08:46:53.651-05:00A thought or two as this post does wrap up your Bl...A thought or two as this post does wrap up your Black History Month remarks...<br /><br />I love the novels of Walter Mosley, which not only involve black characters but arguably <i>are</i> "black novels" at least in that many of them overtly consider being black in a majority-white America. I know I'm far from alone in enjoying these novels, either. Mosley is a pretty singular talent, but still, could a comic connect with (part of) this same audience? I don't think it has happened, yet. If not, what to make of that?<br /><br />And, what comics featuring one or more black characters in the lead role(s) have been the most popular, however you feel like defining popular? (I'm guessing that "Spawn" offers one answer, while perhaps raising interesting questions of what "counts," but either way what else is out there? Anything come close to its near 20-year run?)Matt Khttp://edgeofspace.net/alchemynoreply@blogger.com