Ep. 72: The Incredible Shrinking Medium

OK, obnoxious title aside, this is another roundtable talk Dwight and I had about the size of the comic book buying audience.  The nickname was birthed out of a few discussions we had over the course of a week and when we got together, we just turned the recorder on and continued.

Of course, it's not literally shrinking (is it?).  But the idea being younger readers and just plain old new readers are needed to breathe some life into "this thing of ours".  The median age for the average person reading comics keeps going up and getting more decrepit—and that ain't good!  In order for things to stay interesting and relevant, we need new eyeballs and fresh ideas. Not the same gimmicks and events.

What can the publishers do? What can fans do? What can anyone do to address the problem?  This subject has, of course, been discussed in other places, by people more informed than we are, but we thought we'd weigh in on it too.  You won't find any real answers here (whaaat?), but it sure as hell was fun to chat about!

**For this episode, we played a snippet of The Red Hot Chili Peppers' "My Friends"—because that's what you are (smile).