COMIC BOOKS NOW HIT MAINSTREAM MARKETS

Hsu, Caroline (2005) “A grown up Charlie Brown” U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 3/21, 60-62.

At one time, comic books were for kids. The books were about spurious fiction that told exciting stories with not so believable endings.

Time has changed. At least some comics now have turned serious and dabble in some very serious social problems. This opens a new market and many mainstream magazines now run them sporadically or periodically in their various issues.

A comic strip can visualize words. It is more than a political cartoon to highlight a page. Whatever the content, the reader is continually supported by graphics. To the post modern reader this makes sense. Raised on television and the internet, the reader can take in a story in short spurts or non-linearly but they finally get all the information.

Expect to see more comics in serious magazines and journals in the future.