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True. If you're the typical kid/adolescent reader, you probably read for a few years and move on.
I guess I’m just being a scold. Must be the weather. I mean if folks want “Flame on!” alien sex, then who am I to complain? :p
 

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I guess I’m just being a scold. Must be the weather. I mean if folks want “Flame on!” alien sex, then who am I to complain? :p
I would actually be pretty curious to see the age breakdown of modern comic-book buyers. Are they still kids in canvas sneakers with a slingshot in their back pockets stopping by the corner newsstand for the latest Fantastic Four along with a Wacky Pack of gum and trading cards? Or is it that guy 20 years later, living in mom's basement with a job stocking shelves at night? Or some third thing?

If it turns out that the demographic is skewing older than it used to, then the super weird alien-sex stuff makes a lot of sense, as it is something new/different and also sort of hot in a weird way.
 

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I would actually be pretty curious to see the age breakdown of modern comic-book buyers. Are they still kids in canvas sneakers with a slingshot in their back pockets stopping by the corner newsstand for the latest Fantastic Four along with a Wacky Pack of gum and trading cards? Or is it that guy 20 years later, living in mom's basement with a job stocking shelves at night? Or some third thing?

If it turns out that the demographic is skewing older than it used to, then the super weird alien-sex stuff makes a lot of sense, as it is something new/different and also sort of hot in a weird way.
I asked that question here earlier. As a kid in the 70s we rode our bikes to the various pharmacies every Wednesday to get the new issues. With sling shots, baseball cards and Wacky Packages as mentioned!

@Jr Mouse mentioned folks read digital editions now. I haven’t seen a comic book in the wild in ages.
 

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I asked that question here earlier. As a kid in the 70s we rode our bikes to the various pharmacies every Wednesday to get the new issues. With sling shots, baseball cards and Wacky Packages as mentioned!

@Jr Mouse mentioned folks read digital editions now. I haven’t seen a comic book in the wild in ages.
Me either. A few years ago our local Barnes & Noble had a comic book section, that eventually became a rotating stand-up magazine rack with a few titles, then nothing. The manga section is huge, though.
 

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I would actually be pretty curious to see the age breakdown of modern comic-book buyers. Are they still kids in canvas sneakers with a slingshot in their back pockets stopping by the corner newsstand for the latest Fantastic Four along with a Wacky Pack of gum and trading cards? Or is it that guy 20 years later, living in mom's basement with a job stocking shelves at night? Or some third thing?

If it turns out that the demographic is skewing older than it used to, then the super weird alien-sex stuff makes a lot of sense, as it is something new/different and also sort of hot in a weird way.

It’s skewing older for sure. Not nearly as many kids as there used to be. Thing is the odd ball weird stuff has always been around. That’s why I brought up Silver Age Superhorse and Thanos wanting to hook up with Death.
 

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@Jr Mouse mentioned folks read digital editions now. I haven’t seen a comic book in the wild in ages.
I read most of mine on Kindle- you can get full omnibuses (collecting maybe 20-30 comics) for a fraction of the hardcover (or individually collected comic) price
 

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I read most of mine on Kindle- you can get full omnibuses (collecting maybe 20-30 comics) for a fraction of the hardcover (or individually collected comic) price

I couldn’t do b/w comics. The iPad experience isn’t bad if you have newer hardware with a good screen.
 

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One of my complaints about the Kindle is that it's pretty bad with pictures; the resolution isn't good and it's a hassle to resize, making maps particularly frustrating.
 

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One of my complaints about the Kindle is that it's pretty bad with pictures; the resolution isn't good and it's a hassle to resize, making maps particularly frustrating.

More times than I can count I've tried to pinch and zoom into a map on my Kindle. For some unknown reason it continues to not work despite me trying very hard to make it work.
 

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I couldn’t do b/w comics. The iPad experience isn’t bad if you have newer hardware with a good screen.
I read books in iPad all the time especially when traveling. Nothing beats paper but hauling books on flights is annoying.
 

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I use the Kindle app on my iPad mini. It works great for me. I haven't read a paper book in at least a decade.
 

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