After WW2 a mix of reactionary+realist genres rose to prominence. Wiki: “publishers diversified into other genres, such as war, Westerns, science fiction, romance, crime and horror. Many superhero titles were cancelled or converted to other genres.” So...? https://twitter.com/wr1nkl3/status/1264719277254467587?s=21 …https://twitter.com/wr1nkl3/status/1264719277254467587 …
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That said I predict Wonder Woman 2 will be a hit since it happens to also be an 80s nostalgia movie. So might the stand-alone Nick Fury. Interesting to try and predict which periods will be most popular nostalgia-wise. I think 80s because X’ers. Older = boomers = tainted.
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It’s a boring trope anyway that doesn’t even make sense when the world is governed by reactionaries (heroes never seem to question authority)
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That’s DC, Marvel is more rebellious
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Have you seen
@henryjenkins ‘s recent blogposts on the comics industry & the pandemic http://henryjenkins.org/blog/2020/4/28/the-direct-market-in-the-time-of-covid-19-1-of-2-todd-allen … ; http://henryjenkins.org/blog/2020/5/1/is-there-a-way-for-comics-to-move-forward … -
No, thanks!
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What's the argument that the subject-matter popularity shifts were zeitgeist-y rather than more internal to the specific medium/genre combinations' being explored?
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Gut feel... plus in the 40s I think zeitgeist = big mainstream genres since we didn’t have huge subcultural fragmentation yet. The two were like,y kinda coextensive.
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Is a WW3 imminent too?
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This *is* WW3
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