The Tom King Retrosopective and why I'm largely done with comics

 

The Tom King Retrospective/ Why I'm Largely Done With Comics




    Superhero comics have always meant a lot to me. I'll never forget finding some DC and Marvel trade paperbacks at my local library and falling in love. I had seen the heroes on tv in some of the best cartoon shows of all time, but the world of comics was something else entirely. I have been collecting comics since 2014 and I have done deep dives and discovered so many great stories, characters  and creators. 10 years on though and I feel very different about it. I don't have any drive or passion for comics or for any comics that are coming out right now. This could be just burn out that can come when one naturally overdoes a hobby, but if feels like something more. I feel that I have read almost everything that I wanted to in the field of mainstream American superhero comics. After almost 10 years of collecting I'm throwing in the towel and cutting way back. I am still reading some every now and then, but much less than before. 

    Which takes us to the matter at hand: the Tom King retrospective. I really was looking forward to taking a deeper look into his work to see if it was better than when I wrote it off. Part way into it I got sidelined by this general sense of meh for the medium. Which completely killed my interest in the topic at least for now. I may finish the retrospective one day or not but it's done for now. I have never failed to deliver on something that I have promised so I want to apologize for not coming through in this instance.

    So what now? Well you will see comics have a more diminished presence on the blog and be replaced by more book and music reviews as well as the continuing stream of movie reviews.

So thanks for reading and I will see you in the next review.

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