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by **doombug** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:39 pm

Punchy wrote:Who's going to buy these books? Those cartoons haven't been on the air for a while, kids won't know what they are.

It's not going to be grown adults is it? Oh God, it is.

best Punchy post in a long time.

by **GHERU** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:44 pm

PPG and Samurai Jack
I am so buying these!...for RuRu, when he gets older

yea

by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:45 pm

Punchy wrote:Who's going to buy these books? Those cartoons haven't been on the air for a while, kids won't know what they are.

It's not going to be grown adults is it? Oh God, it is.

by **Juan Cena** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:36 pm

jaxstraww wrote:Is this why GL and Young Justice are off the air? Or will be off the air shortly?

That GL cartoon is pretty damn good. Its funny and the animation is pretty solid.

It probably has more to do with the cost of production compared to the overall profitability.

by **Black_Orchid** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:49 pm

GHERU wrote:PPG and Samurai Jack
I am so buying these!...for RuRu, when he gets older

yea

If you don't convince your son to sport a pomp, wear sunglasses, and say "Whoa, momma!" when a pretty girl walks by and get smacked in the back of the head by his mother all because he read Johnny Bravo, you sir are a horrible father.

by **Punchy** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:21 pm

Herald wrote:
Thank you for further demonstrating your short-sightedness.

Right now, if children wanted to read mainstream DCnU/Marvel Universe comics, they COULDN'T. And why?? Because, paradoxically enough, creators and readers need to convince themselves that THEY are "Not kids anymore!" despite continuing to enjoy stories about people in colorful Halloween costumes hitting each other. So they have to have heroes and their foes cause nasty massacres, and Catwoman mounting Batman, both on-panel now.

Why should the kids lose out because you guys suffer from low self-esteem??

But kids love massacres and mountings.

by **Herald** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:45 pm

Punchy wrote:
But kids love massacres and mountings.

Then let them watch porn (original version and "torture").
But leave the mainstream superhero comics out of it; they should be going for a wider audience of they intend to survive.

by **sdsichero** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:47 pm

Punchy wrote:
But kids love massacres and mountings.

PLEASE do NOT tell us how you know that.

Thank you.

by **Punchy** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:42 pm

Herald wrote:
Then let them watch porn (original version and "torture").
But leave the mainstream superhero comics out of it; they should be going for a wider audience of they intend to survive.

Whatevs, comics not being for kids anymore is not a problem to me.

What is a problem is grown men and women still being obsessed with the same cartoons they liked when they were kids.

At least Adventure Time is current.

by **Herald** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:50 pm

Punchy wrote:
Whatevs, comics not being for kids anymore is not a problem to me.

What is a problem is grown men and women still being obsessed with the same COMICS they liked when they were kids.

Fixed. Both cartoons and comics amount to the same thing.

Again, the quoted post is coming from a guy with a superhero avatar., but he fails to see the hypocrisy. :roll:

by **Punchy** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:52 pm

Herald wrote:
Fixed. Both cartoons and comics amount to the same thing.

Again, the quoted post is coming from a guy with a superhero avatar., but he fails to see the hypocrisy.

How is it hypocrisy, modern superheroes are aimed at adults more than kids. Whether or not they should be is beside the point, they are aimed at adults.

Cartoons are still aimed mostly at kids. They have appeal to adults, sure, but cartoons are still for kids.

by **Herald** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:21 pm

Punchy wrote:
How is it hypocrisy, modern superheroes are aimed at adults more than kids. Whether or not they should be is beside the point, they are aimed at adults.

Cartoons are still aimed mostly at kids. They have appeal to adults, sure, but cartoons are still for kids.

*facepalm*

ITT: Punchy reveals that he is stuck in the Animation Age Ghetto, for he has never heard of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, any number of anime, The Simpsons, the oeuvre of Seth McFarlane, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, etc., etc. Thus, he is apparently clueless about the last 25 years of this planet's pop culture. :roll:

by **Punchy** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:34 pm

Herald wrote:
*facepalm*

ITT: Punchy reveals that he is stuck in the Animation Age Ghetto, for he has never heard of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, any number of anime, The Simpsons, the oeuvre of Seth McFarlane, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, etc., etc. Thus, he is apparently clueless about the last 25 years of this planet's pop culture.

Yeah, I've never heard of The Simpsons :roll:

The cartoons in this thread, Powerpuff Girls, etc, are for kids.

by **bkthomson** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:37 pm

Punchy wrote:
Whatevs, comics not being for kids anymore is not a problem to me.

What is a problem is grown men and women still being obsessed with the same cartoons they liked when they were kids.

At least Adventure Time is current.

While im not obsessed with cartoon from my childhood, im not hunting for the Mr. T show, i do not see how it is a problem people who enjoy them still. Maybe im missing something, can you explain?

by **Punchy** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:42 pm

bkthomson wrote:
While im not obsessed with cartoon from my childhood, im not hunting for the Mr. T show, i do not see how it is a problem people who enjoy them still. Maybe im missing something, can you explain?

I just have a problem with all these comics adaptations of cartoons claiming to be for kids and therefore superior to superhero comics, when they are clearly for nostalgic adults.