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I'm not sure where to start. I fully agree with Boss Radio, I think that is an accurate discription.
I always believed that the Super Hero "red letter" was always paper thin. Although it is a good 60% of what is published in comics, its not the all definite. SImilar to the other genres like Comedy, Action or Drama, there are other variations.
I got into comics as a kid because of Star Wars - I was a big fan and one day at a garage sale I found SW comics and i was hooked. When I moved to Colorado, the local 7/11 and Market sold comics and I picked up all the Star Wars I could find. I loved the medium of comics, so I branched out into other titles and it eventually motivated me to want to do comics myself. It wasn't about tights or powers, it was about characters and the stories and how I related to them and felt after reading it. SImilar to a good film or book where afterwords you feel a certain satifaction. One thing i think nails what "Comics" are, and this is a bit of a loose quote that I've heard many times, is that they do what no other medium can do - the can tell the stories no other medium can - they can create an imagination that no other medium can, because they combine what's best in "entertainment" - it is PROSE, it is ART, it is CINEMA and it is IMAGINATION. No other medium can really posess and give you all those things and not caring where its a guy in underwear or Bond or Star Wars or Care Bears. Its a medium that deals directly with your emotions on many levels.
Like with Watchmen, I am hoping this will do what Dark Knight has done because it will turn "Suprehero" movies of the past on its ear.
Anyway...
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