Why nostalgia his hurting comic books! [Discussion]

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[t-vann]

As an 18 year old guy who only got into comics in the last few years, I love the callbacks to old stories. It is an extremely easy thing to find basically everything that happened in that story without ever even reading it. Continuity is a fun thing for me to try and dissect.

[spencerbrus]

I love how everyone is dressed nice except for Ethan.

[FifthHorseman]

*plays video*
*pauses the video*
*scroll down to comment*

"ETHAN. WHERE YO JACKET."

[danteturtle]

Thank you for bringing Comic Line back. This is so great!
But one thing has really been bothering me...




WHERE ARE THE BOW TIES?!

[scottstofenberg]

When I first started buying comics in 2006, I spent countless hours on Wikipedia catching up on all of the history of the characters. For new comic readers complaining about continuity, I refer them to ComicPop and Comicstorian.

[Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Nostalgia is like a good spice. You already have a solid main dish, but you need that extra something to enhance it. Then, you get Superman Rebirth or (I argue) Secret Wars. A spice as your main dish? Bad idea. Then,  stuff like Batman & Harley Quinn or (I argue) Spider-Verse happens.  
And now I made myself hungry.

[weareok]

I am in my 50s and new to comics. I started reading only a few years ago when the New 52 came out and found it to be a good starting point for a newbie. I have been watching your channel for only a few months, but I have really enjoyed your Input on the history of comics and have made me more aware of writers and continuity. The new Reboot has been great and I have been thankful that old characters, that are new to me, have been introduced. I have been using Wikipedia to look theses characters up and am now interested in reading their stories. Thank you for your channel for widening my view of the industry. I have recently included Marvel and some independent works into my reading.

[putridsunrise]

Seems like Ethan didn't get the memo...

[jmdstudios]

It's gotten to the point where I like every video before I watch it. Love you guys, keep up the amazing content.

[ScenekidsDIE]

Before the internet was mainstream, Marvel had these really useful Official Handbooks in the form of a 8 issue series called Marvel Universe Updates 89'.
They were basically Wikipedia articles on characters and events surrounding them from A-Z.
Made looking up some characters and the events around them extremely easy.

[SamMoore]

As someone who really started reading DC hardcore at the start of the New 52, I think nostalgia hinders good stories because instead of trusting the writers to write good stories, fans get mad because their beloved characters are changing as real people change. The writers pander to the fans and discard all the character building they've been working on to appease the fans nostalgia.

[MyJourneyConcludes]

THIS WAS A TOP CLASS VIDEO. Have I just been missing these type of videos because I really want more of these type of discussions. Well done ComicPOP. Well done!

[shyb]

I agree with Sal, I see it like as a challenge. I enjoy researching and learning about past events or different characters. I find that it is the best way to catch up on the long history. Plus I have you guys!

[asiydah.]

HEY, Sal used my idea from Twitter thats awesome! I'm glad you saw my tweet Sal! Great episode!!

[roam_y]

I love the fact that everybody is rockin blazers, meanwhile Ethen is just chillin in a t shirt. Its great. KEEP THAT FORMAT.

[matthewwithanm]

Superman feels like an example of serialized characters done right. They didn't change the nature of the character (like new 52 Supes) but they innovated and progressed on the narrative by making him a parent.

[Grievousish]

Would love to see them go all out and make this like a news channel roundtable. I still am all for ComicPOP nightly news.

[oatmat]

8 seconds, DAMNIT ETHAN WHY AREN'T YOU WEARING A

[jamesodonoghue]

As a fairly new comic book reader (I've been reading for 3 years) When I started, I quite enjoy coming across a reference of something old. I found it fun watching a video on that event or reading about it on Wikipedia. Now I'm all caught up and can sometimes even feel nostalgic seeing certain color pallets or the odd reference.

[ItsOverProductions]

There's always gotta be one bad apple!