The question of if comics can be saved
A writer for the National Post in Canada asks this and also says:
The problems, simply put, run much deeper than what's told here.
Faced with the onslaught of new media, the comic-book industry has endured declining readership in recent decades. In 1996, industry icon Marvel Comics was forced into bankruptcy. Between 1997 and 2000, comic book sales in North America fell more than 50%.While this is true, let me add that it's not just new media that comics face, but also problems from within as well, including the politicization, the use of too many "hot" writers, and also ones with questionable or no respect for the characters at hand.
The problems, simply put, run much deeper than what's told here.
