The 1990's Market Crash of Comic Books
The 1990’s Comics Crash In the 1990s, the comics industry experienced a crash the likes of which has rarely been seen in other industries. The market imploded, sales plummeted, people lost their jobs, and the industry as a whole became a cautionary tale. Fortunately, the world of comics survived the 90’s and today is thriving with new characters, stories and more ways to read comics than ever before. But what happened to create such incredible fallout? How does a multi-millio
The Rise of Space in Pop Culture
As humans, we’ve always looked toward the fantastic for our stories. Early on, it was monsters and the heroes who played them. Later, we invented superheroes to tell our stories. However, as technology progressed we made the push toward the stars and the world’s story-tellers collectively started to look up. Space captured the imagination of people everywhere and science fiction as a genre was born. But where did it really begin to gain traction and popularity? Early science
The History of Buying Comics.
Today, comic shops are the at the de facto place to buy comic books. They represent the only brick-and-mortar locations that people can browse and buy books from both mainstream and smaller publishers. Because of the niche market, the modern comic shop is often the only place people can go to, outside of the internet, to find rare and vintage comics as well. But it wasn’t always that way. The comic shop as we know it today is a relatively recent creation in the history of the
History of Monster Magazines
Superheroes Were Not Always on Top. There was a time before superheroes ruled comic book stands. The type of stories publishers put out was much more diverse. In fact, in their heyday Monster Magazines were among the most popular stories on the shelves and inspired entire generations of future books, TV shows and movies. The CCA, Magazines, and more Pictures with Less Words: To understand the appeal of monster magazines, you first have to know a little history. Back in 1954,
Pre-Code Horror Comics and How One Man Tried to Stop Them.
In the 1930s and 1940s, the world of comics was essentially the Wild West. Publishers could print whatever they wanted and, at the time, America was obsessed with the creepy, macabre, and grotesque. Publishers and artists had no problem catering to these dark interests as the stands were full of books about monsters, ghosts, ghouls, murder, aliens and all kinds of horrific things. Among these horror comics one particular publisher stood above the rest: EC Comics. EC Comics pr
