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Comic Books – The Modern Age

If one were to classify which the Modern Age of comic books would be, it would probably start in the middle of the 1980s and go right up to today. It really is a kind of a continuing of the Bronze Age with the difference being that there were suddenly comic book publishers that came out of nowhere. Of course, there were well known people from the two comic book giants who set up their own independent companies as well. Companies like First, Eclipse, Pacific. One wonders why there was this need to set up independent companies. Well, the main reason was the fact that there were no restraints and controls so there was a lot more freedom of expression. Creativity could be let loose again and this obviously made for much better comic books.

Side by side with this was the decreasing power that the Comic Code Authority could exercise so the two genres that took off in the light of this were science fiction and horror. So there came Conan the Destroyer and soon you had many more following suit with similar characters. Dracula returned and so did Batman – in fact they even had a comic book encounter! So super heroes and horror started coming together and suddenly the whole comic book saw a brand new character thanks to these independent comic book companies.

Of course, once things started flowing and creativity started gushing forth, it was time for a bit of a change – so enter the anti-hero. In fact, an anti-super hero. So we saw Batman morphing into his evil side like a Jekyll and Hyde. Then we saw the incarnation of Robin – Jason, who got killed by the Joker. The comic book character Wolverine was also pretty much in the same boat. He helped people and yet he had an attitude and he had a terrible temper which he struggled to control even though he helped a lot of people in need.

Another superhero with a dark side was Daredevil who wears a terrifying costume, like a devil and who is blind. However, all his other senses are alert even though he is a mutant. He is fully aware that he is different and while he does undergo trials and tribulations because of that, he has a strong personality and this perhaps is a super hero's best asset.

It isn't very easy to say when exactly the Modern Age began and whether it really is an age apart from the Bronze Age barring a few differences. However, it is great to see the whole comic world growing and expanding and evolving, creating characters who become a part of our lives.

Comic book creators in finals (The Canton Repository)

A comic book created by a pair of Stark County residents has made the top three in Platinum Studios' Comic Book Challenge, a national contest. The comic book about superpowers, America and a cold war, was created by Sean McArdle of Louisville and Jon Judy of Canton.

Comics culture coming into its own; Flint Township man Jwan Jordan writes and draws new comic book, 'Circular World' (The Flint Journal)

When Randy Zimmerman, 49, of Burton was growing up, his parents wouldn't allow him to have superhero comics. "Which immediately turned it into the bright shiny thing that (I) always wanted," Zimmerman said.

Stark-authored comic book in top three of national contest (The Canton Repository)

A comic book created by a pair of Stark County residents has made the top three in Platinum Studios' Comic Book Challenge, a national contest. The comic book about America, superpower and a cold war, was created by Sean McArdle of Louisville and Jon Judy of Canton.

Scottish comic author draws best of Hollywood (The Herald)

HE conquered the world of comic books, and then the box office with his story for the hit movie Wanted. Now Scotland's newest blockbuster writer, Mark Millar, has attracted the cream of Hollywood to his latest project, a movie called Kick-Ass.

Dragon*Con and the Decatur Book Festival: Books vs. blogs (Creative Loafing Atlanta)

How the Internet's changing the way authors do business... By Curt Holman In the early 21st century, which comes first: the book or the blog? Well, books have been around for centuries, while the terms "Web log" and "blog" were coined for online journals about 10 years ago. In little more than a decade, blogs and book writing have become seemingly inextricable, especially with authors at the ...