Archives for November 2019

"Moore:I don’t think that superheroes or superhero comics of today are aimed at children anymore. Q. Who are they aimed at? Teenagers? Moore: I would say it’s considerably older. I think that the average comics reader these days is probably in their 30s, their 40s, their 50s." Alan Moore (Interview with David Marchese, Vulture, 2016) "It is difficult now to put yourself in the shoes of people who were making decisions at that time [in 1938]. Obviously the government of that time, out of fear that German power might lead to complete victory, preferred to ally itself with Hitler’s Germany rather than opposing it. As part of this alliance, there were impositions, including combating and … [Read more...]