Yeah, his one purchase probably doesn t make much difference, but if everyone made a point of supporting companies whose output they liked buy buying a book or two that they thought was just alright, maybe the industry would be healthier. It would also be utterly fucking dreadful, since the companies would get an artificial message about the popularity of their titles, as otherwise intelligent adults kept on buying books aimed squarely at children. And I have to wonder how much this happens now. No, the kind of artificial life support that this industry gets in the name of loyalty is doing none of us any favours. The more I think about it, the more I m forced to conclude that the best thing that could happen to the comics industry is total collapse.
People keep on wailing about the death of comics, but it never seems to happen.
Perhaps it should. At least if everything died, whatever it is that gets re-built might actually be credible. On the other hand, we should be so fucking lucky. A total collapse right now might give Stan Lee a way back in. Still, it s almost reaching the point where even Stan Lee is starting to look like a good option.