The Four Color Media Monitor

This article from the Post Star of Saratoga Springs about two brothers hosting the city's first comics convention might've had something going for it, until towards the end, as I realized, it took a turn into the superficial, and blows like a flat tire:

Carrara, of Greenfield Center, said he thinks people like comics because they are "fast-paced, have identifiable characters and they can be filled with timely, relevant information or they can be the exact opposite and provide an escape."

With all of these powers combined, Carrara said, comics are becoming increasingly mainstream.

Even Captain America's funeral was prominently featured in mainstream media outlets such as USA Today, he said.

Oops, once again, it sounds to me like a case of publicity at any cost. Another letdown is that it doesn't ask if current offerings are as good as what was put out years before. And thanks to that, the article falls flat on its face and has no impact by me.

Besides, isn't USA Today's own news coverage awfully superficial compared to most other newspapers?

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