If you look around, you can see the signs of it already. Creatively, the medium is reaching a high point. There s more good work out there than there has been in years. It may not be in the mainstream of comics, but it is out there, and with the power of the internet, it s much easier to hear about what s good and what s not. As the quality of comics is rising, we re also starting to see a shift in the way in the industry publishes.
Trade paperbacks are increasingly common.
Original graphic novels are being produced with greater frequency. The comic form is mutating into something more credible, with great mainstream appeal. Yes, things are changing. But they re not changing fast enough, and there are too many people that are happy with the status quo. Which just makes the job of encouraging and enacting changing harder.