Do we need a new age for comics?

[babyblob]

I ask this because the Modern Age has been going on for 30+ years. Should we start a new age of comics with a new age? Or rename the comic age from the late 80s to like the 2010s? Just a thought because havign 80s comics called modern age seems goofy. I dont know what you would call current issues. But with the start of 2020 come and gone i thought that would have been a good time for a new age.

[Tami]

I ask this because the Modern Age has been going on for 30+ years. Should we start a new age of comics with a new age? Or rename the comic age from the late 80s to like the 2010s? Just a thought because havign 80s comics called modern age seems goofy. I dont know what you would call current issues. But with the start of 2020 come and gone i thought that would have been a good time for a new age.

The Post-Modern Age?

[Riv86672]

Are we in the Digital Age of Comics?

The advent of the internet has changed the ways comics are created, bought, sold, discussed.

[C_Miller]

I think the ages stopped after the Bronze Age. After 1985, decades are far more relevant than trying to create clever names to group eras into.

Also, you never create a name for an era in the time that it's happening. That stuff is left to people looking backwards.

[Riv86672]

Says who???

[Phoenixx9]

Age of Corona?

Post Apocalyptic Corona?

Post Corona Era?

[DrNewGod]

I think the ages stopped after the Bronze Age. After 1985, decades are far more relevant than trying to create clever names to group eras into.

Also, you never create a name for an era in the time that it's happening. That stuff is left to people looking backwards.

Yeah, think C_Miller is talkin' The Tea here.

[MyriVerse]

I think the ages stopped after the Bronze Age. After 1985, decades are far more relevant than trying to create clever names to group eras into.

Also, you never create a name for an era in the time that it's happening. That stuff is left to people looking backwards.

Dark, Iron, and Modern have been used quite a bit.

I think from 1999, onward, there should be a big reference to the Hollywood-ization of comics, but I don't know what.

The transition from one age to another isn't visible until years or decades after it happens. If you'd asked me in 1978, I would have said that we were still in the Silver Age. Nobody used the term Bronze Age until much later.

Yeah. For instance, "Golden Age" wasn't used until 1960, and it took several more years before we figured out what to call the Silver Age.

[mathew101281]

I think the ages stopped after the Bronze Age. After 1985, decades are far more relevant than trying to create clever names to group eras into.

Also, you never create a name for an era in the time that it's happening. That stuff is left to people looking backward.

No way. There is a big difference between 80's and 90's comics and today's comics. I'd argue there is a bigger difference between today and twenty years ago then their is between the gold and silver ages.

[DrNewGod]

No way. There is a big difference between 80's and 90's comics and today's comics. I'd argue there is a bigger difference between today and twenty years ago then their is between the gold and silver ages.

In isolation, post-Crisis, you can track DC by reboot, even when it's soft. The industry as a whole is a bit messier.

[C_Miller]

No way. There is a big difference between 80's and 90's comics and today's comics. I'd argue there is a bigger difference between today and twenty years ago then their is between the gold and silver ages.

"Decades are far more relevant than trying to create clever names to group eras into."

[babyblob]

Are we in the Digital Age of Comics?

The advent of the internet has changed the ways comics are created, bought, sold, discussed.

I really like Digital Age.

[mathew101281]

golden age
1938 to 1955
Silver age
1956 1970
Bronze age
1970-1985
The Grim and Gritty era
1985-1994
The Reconstruction age
1995-2010
The mass media age
2010-2019

Golden Age
the creation of Superman and the solidification of superhero archetypes. includes the WW2 era and declines with the publishing of Seduction of the Innocent.

Silver Age
The rebirth of the superhero genre. Starts with the recreation of the Flash includes the creation of Marvel and ends when Kirby leaves Marvel.

Bronze Age
Characterized by the maturing of comics as a whole, and the growth of other genres outside of superheroes. Also characterized by the diversification of kinds of superheroes being created. Starts with the creation of more socially relevant comics Like Green Arrow/Green Lantern and the Spiderman drug issue and ends with Crisis on infinite Earths.

The Grim and gritty age.
Characterized by superheroes taking a darker more serious tone, and the deconstruction of many of the genre conventions. begins with Watchman and Dark Knight Returns ends with ends with the mid 90's decline of Marvel and the aftermath of the Death of Superman gimmick. Includes the rise of Image and other indie publishers.

The Reconstruction age
Characterized by the return of silver and bronze age sensibilities to mainstream comics. It starts with the publication of Alex Ross classics like Marvels and Kingdom Come. Includes things like Geoff John's JSA run, and Green Lantern Rebirth. ends somewhere between 2008 and 2010. It also sees the rise of manga as a major alternative to American comics. Hollywood starts to make superhero movies that are actually liked by fans and non-fans alike.

The mass Media age
Superheroes become the dominant driver of pop culture. This pretty much co insides with Marvel's dominance in Hollywood. I think it might just have ended with Endgame, but we are to close to the event to know for sure.

[jb681131]

golden age
1938 to 1955
Silver age
1956 1970
Bronze age
1970-1985
The Grim and Gritty era
1985-1994
The Reconstruction age
1995-2010
The mass media age
2010-2019

There are more ages than that if you want to be complete !

1500-1650 - Pioneer age
1650-1800 - Victorian age
1800-1938 - Platinum age
1938-1950 - Golden age
1950-1970 - Silver age
1970-1986 - Bronze age (aka Silver age 2)
1986-1992 - Iron age (aka Copper age, aka Dark age)
1992-1998 - Baroque age (aka Image age)
1998-2004 - Dynamique age (aka Millenium age)
2000-Now - New age (aka Diamond age)

[jb681131]

I ask this because the Modern Age has been going on for 30+ years. Should we start a new age of comics with a new age? Or rename the comic age from the late 80s to like the 2010s? Just a thought because havign 80s comics called modern age seems goofy. I dont know what you would call current issues. But with the start of 2020 come and gone i thought that would have been a good time for a new age.

Well DC has sayd officially that from 198-2011 it's the Crisis age and from 2011-on it's the Flashpoint age.

For a new age to exist amoung all companies, there should be some important change or event in publications, which hasn't been the cas since a long long time.