Strong Enough for a Man, But Made for Skid Marks
By Zenguru
Hello! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Skid Marks!
My head’s recently been getting full of opinions on the comic industry. And they need somewhere to go. Since I’m not fond of barfing, they’re going to have to come out of another end. They’re also probably going to leave a stain, but hey! Who doesn’t?
So here’s what’s been on my mind…
As a lifelong comic reader, I’m given to bouts of nostalgia. Usually, I fall back on comics I read as a kid. Revisiting those great classic stories that I came across by chance at the grocery store, the newsstand, or the local 7-11. Back in those days, those were practically the only places one could get comics. I know my first lcs didn’t appear until roughly 1985.
But whenever I look back on those days, whenever I rummage through those back issues, one thing always comes to attention: The price! (more…)
