Comic Books, Though, Are Just Always on Topic

Quote of the day’s gotta be: “Outside of Christ typology and vampirism, no other genre features resurrection as a common convention more than the superhero genre.” So a bunch of comic books pros got together to debate whether bringing all those heroes (and bad guys) back to life renders all those death stories meaningless. And, it turns out, there’s actually going to be a symposium on “issues of mortality in comics,” where “papers utilizing the thanatological works of Ernest Becker or Elizabeth Kubler-Ross are especially encouraged.” Which should be interesting, since comic book fans probably don’t actually get to the acceptance stage anymore—at this point, it’s pretty much expected that when a significant character dies, they’ll be coming back soon. Heck, readers seemed to get upset that DC didn’t bring Hal Jordan back to life fast enough to suit their tastes…

6 October 2005 | uncategorized |