Happy 200th...

Date: 07 September 2009 08:26:18

Been a huge fan of comics in the past, mainly between the 80's and 90's and then kind of fell out of that scene. Can't remember if there was something specific that made me move away, not maturity certainly - if I pick up a comic book I enjoy it as much as I ever did - but same old same old ugly Liefeld style imagery, Jim Lee style over saturation and hype and ever spiralling cover prices probably didn't help. The Sienkiewiczs and McKeans seemed in the minority and the Image style muscles and boobs seemed on the rise (and by that I don't mean to dismiss all Image comics - The Maxx is still a total masterpiece). Aaanyhow I've not come back into comics per se, although I do pick up the occasional trade (like David Petersen's excellent Mouse Guard for example) but I do avidly follow the podcasts of iFanboy. They don't necessarily share the same tastes as I do but their enthusiasm for the artform is welcome listening. They hit 200 eps this week so this image (which I'd done a while ago) got dusted off and updates a little. Nice one iFanboy: now, 200 more of equal quality and more eh?