the Lottery Party: Wild Agents of Timely!

December 31, 2008 by Richard Caldwell
Filed under Columns

Wild Agents of Timely!
By Richard Caldwell, Managing Editor/Columnist

A brief note to any and all creators, editors, publishers, etc.

Ought-eight is nigh dead and buried, and in light of the wonderful status levels the comic book industry has achieved in the eyes of Joe Q Public, please remember the roots.

Yes, thanks to the commercial notoriety of Iron Man, the Dark Knight, and my rejected script for Leonard Part 7, the business is looking up in many ways. Monthly sales may be declining, but trade sales are blossoming. Digital presentations are reinventing themselves and redefining their limitations almost hourly. Mainstream books are more interesting now than they have been in ages. Indie creators are getting more opportunities to strut their wiles. Stan Lee just conquered another birthday.
All reads pretty cool, right?

Please, please, please- keep the monthly books alive. There is room for everything.
Keep comics affordable.

As I recently said elsewhere- the day we forget the past is the day we go ignorant. Revampings and modernizations are all well and good, but do not piss on and so disrespect the past in the process. Not all fanboys are stoners. Some of us have astonishingly good memories. And if we can, then so can you.

Comic books can be targeted at adults without insulting anyone’s intelligence nowadays, which is spectacular. Do not, however, forget the kids. Give them the learning tools, the imagination-prodding necessary to guarantee that the next generation will have the fond memories enough to even want to carry on the good work. Remember the fun, and without insulting their intelligence.

Maintain the following. Comic book fans are the original cult followings. Keep us happy.

All we ask for are good comix. This involves heart.

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