As a long time reader of comic books, I find the recent saturation of 'comic book inspired movies' at the theatres to be an interesting endeavor. First off, I get a chuckle every time I hear someone say that they didn't know it was based off a comic book. Especially the younger generation. One of my students...I kid you not...thought that that the Spiderman movies were based off of the cartoon that he watched when he was younger and he had NO idea is was a comic book. Funny, huh?
Now I can see if you didn't know Sin City, or 300, or Hellboy were comics simply because they're printed with a smaller, independent comic company. But, Spiderman? WOW...
I suppose the real reason for this is that you just don't see comic books around anymore. I remember as a kid buying 5 or 6 comics every time I went to the grocery story. They were located right as you walked in the door on that little rotating metal rack. I also remember buying them from a little shop in Richwood when we'd walk 'downtown' before basketball practice. Nowadays, comics are found in only one location...comic book stores. And, how many of those do you see anymore? Not many. Sad...
Okay...so anyway, here's the color version to Iron Man. Now...if you'll excuse me I have to go read my new batch of comic books that I order from an online retailer 'cause Kroger just doesn't sell 'em anymore...
Have a great weekend. See you at the movies!!!
-dug!
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