While Roger Stern hasn t been in the comics business as long as Shooter, he has written almost as many famous characters. His prose novel, The Death and Life of Superman, was a New York Times bestseller. The guests will be available to autograph copies of their work, and answer questions about current storylines. In addition, several comic book dealers will be there to buy, sell and trade old and new comics, plus related items such as MAD magazines. Simple, I am the guy who is writing this, and until someone else submits something I will do what I want with this section.
Common usage has comic books as something for kids.
While the major publishers are aiming the art and stories at the 14 to 26 age group. Not really kids. For a long time I would justify my reading of comics based off the monetary value of my older comics. I have the first printing of Dark Knight Returns, its worth X amount. Not at the time, I needed it to justify buying new comics.