Post by sps1000 on Nov 18, 2005 2:30:57 GMT
... for a research paper on comics! Yep for my Comp 152 (equivalent of a 102 class) final paper I'm doing a paper on how comics aren't just for kids. Here's just some of my brainstorming to create a 6-12 page paper. Of course my History of the comic book by Paul Sassine will back up everything until 1993 and I'll try to find things on the more important stuff like Sandman ending, the abolishment of the Comics Code Authority, the Avengers sex issue, and the stuff that happened in the murky period from 1996-2001 I think. Since my English professor also loves Neil Gaiman's Sandman I'm going to reccomend some books that are more mystical in nature, and a decent mix of other books. Oddly enough she thought HoM sounded interesting, but I steered her away as it's not really reader-friendly and is too hit and miss. All on a seperate page that I won't include in the 6-12 pages. Probably half of that will be a history lesson so it's understood that comics are very cyclical in nature, and the other is going to be my opinions. Take it this is just a list and a very rough outline. If I've got the formation of the Vertigo imprint in the wrong decade please correct me. Here is a list of what I came up with:
1930's-1950's
-Comics are for everyone!
-EC comics, and the Comics code Authority
1960's-1970's
-The Marvel age of comics
-The Marvel/DC war
-Stan Lee: Good or Bad for comics?
-enterance into maturity
-Death of Gwen Stacy
-Speedy on drugs
1980's
-Comics come of age
-Watchmen
-Sandman
-Dark Phoenix saga
-Days of Future past
-Frank Miller's DD/Dark Knight Returns
-Swamp Thing
-Did comics go too far?
-Formation of the Vertigo Imprint
1990's
-decade of regression
-relizing comics weren't "fun" anymore
-Marvel and Bankruptcy
Exceptions to the 90's rule
-Authority
-Preacher
-Kingdom Come
-Marvels
-Marvel Knights wave 1
Comics and the new Millenium
-RIP CCA
-Modern classics
-getting writers from outside comics
Problems with getting new readers
-The comics industry's distribution model
-No promotion for the stuff that may appeal to outside audiences
-diversity
As for reccomendations for good comics here's a list I've got so far for the mature reader (though I'm going to try to stray away from the more violent stuff as I wouldn't want my English Professor to pick up something by say Garth Ennis and be turned off forever):
Lucifer
Watchmen
Ex Machina
Y-The Last Man
the rest of Sandman (I think she's only read one volume of it)
and more traditional comics:
Astonishing X-Men
Great Lakes Avengers
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (once the Other is over)
Runaways
Aything else I should add other than great DC stuff (suggestions would be greatly appreciated). I would like to pick stuff up that people could easily get into and enjoy. Also any suggestions for the rough outline I have for the paper? I would like to be as thourghough as possible to convince people to buy comics. I want them to maybe have a springboard to check out some of the stuff in my paper. My English professor sounded very interested in my paper and recounted some of her own experiences with comics. Had to tell her that Watchmen wasn't mystical, and it was Daniel Clowes who did Ghost World not Kevin Smith but it's a start
1930's-1950's
-Comics are for everyone!
-EC comics, and the Comics code Authority
1960's-1970's
-The Marvel age of comics
-The Marvel/DC war
-Stan Lee: Good or Bad for comics?
-enterance into maturity
-Death of Gwen Stacy
-Speedy on drugs
1980's
-Comics come of age
-Watchmen
-Sandman
-Dark Phoenix saga
-Days of Future past
-Frank Miller's DD/Dark Knight Returns
-Swamp Thing
-Did comics go too far?
-Formation of the Vertigo Imprint
1990's
-decade of regression
-relizing comics weren't "fun" anymore
-Marvel and Bankruptcy
Exceptions to the 90's rule
-Authority
-Preacher
-Kingdom Come
-Marvels
-Marvel Knights wave 1
Comics and the new Millenium
-RIP CCA
-Modern classics
-getting writers from outside comics
Problems with getting new readers
-The comics industry's distribution model
-No promotion for the stuff that may appeal to outside audiences
-diversity
As for reccomendations for good comics here's a list I've got so far for the mature reader (though I'm going to try to stray away from the more violent stuff as I wouldn't want my English Professor to pick up something by say Garth Ennis and be turned off forever):
Lucifer
Watchmen
Ex Machina
Y-The Last Man
the rest of Sandman (I think she's only read one volume of it)
and more traditional comics:
Astonishing X-Men
Great Lakes Avengers
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (once the Other is over)
Runaways
Aything else I should add other than great DC stuff (suggestions would be greatly appreciated). I would like to pick stuff up that people could easily get into and enjoy. Also any suggestions for the rough outline I have for the paper? I would like to be as thourghough as possible to convince people to buy comics. I want them to maybe have a springboard to check out some of the stuff in my paper. My English professor sounded very interested in my paper and recounted some of her own experiences with comics. Had to tell her that Watchmen wasn't mystical, and it was Daniel Clowes who did Ghost World not Kevin Smith but it's a start