#568773 - 09/30/0402:10 PMRe: Copper Age on the forum
[Re: Architecht]
ArchitechtArchitecht We apologise again for the fault in the moderation. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked.
It's POSSIBLE that your competitive spirit has displaced your sense of courtesy.
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BTW... there are 2 things to consider about the creation of a forum, one is obviously demarking a separate era of comics... the other is actually having traffic and post there....
Think there'd be enough?
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Quote: BTW... there are 2 things to consider about the creation of a forum, one is obviously demarking a separate era of comics... the other is actually having traffic and post there....Think there'd be enough?
Yes there would! take two months to debate and Poll demark date and we could come to an agreement.
The modern age cannot stretch on forever! Soon Kids born at begining of Modern age will have kids collecting comics. Way to long! Two Generations in one comic age?
#568776 - 09/30/0402:25 PMRe: Copper Age on the forum
[Re: Architecht]
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Quote: BTW... there are 2 things to consider about the creation of a forum, one is obviously demarking a separate era of comics... the other is actually having traffic and post there....
Think there'd be enough?
Absolutely yes. I for one am just waiting. I don't even use the current Modern Forum since the main focus there is mainly on brand new books and current storylines. I don't have the patience to scan all the pages looking for 80s or even 90s comic talk. A Copper forum would give people like me another location to participate in. I'm willing to guess that it would gather more interest than either the Comic Magazines or Comic Events Forums.
#568777 - 09/30/0403:10 PMRe: Copper Age on the forum
[Re: Architecht]
ArnoldTBlumbergArnoldTBlumberg Author, Book Designer, Educator
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Well quiet frankly the marking of the era has already been done by the Guide. Now I state again and again that no one has to agree with the years or criteria, but I think by establishing it in the source that collectors have used for decades to learn about the whole Comic Book Age historical timeline, we've as close to formally established it as we possibly could. Like I said, the term existed *before* us, but now it's here to stay.
#568778 - 09/30/0403:17 PMRe: Copper Age on the forum
[Re: Kevin Boyd]
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Quote: I can agree with you on the starting year, just not the choice of a final year.
I still think comics ages are falling into 14 year cycles.. Gold 1939-1953 Atomic 1953-1956 (the exception) Silver 1956-1970 Bronze 1970-1984 Copper 1984 - 1998
?? 1998-2012.
1998-up is clearly the Plastic Age. That's about when the slabbing began right? I wasn't there at the conception...
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Quote: BTW... there are 2 things to consider about the creation of a forum, one is obviously demarking a separate era of comics... the other is actually having traffic and post there....
Think there'd be enough?
1. Already been established by Overstreet, as per Arnold.
2. Yes. I think there is. Most forumites started collecting in that era, so there's definitely familiarity. The best book of the 80's thread in comics general would be quite at home in a Copper Forum.
Quote: I can agree with you on the starting year, just not the choice of a final year.
I still think comics ages are falling into 14 year cycles.. Gold 1939-1953 Atomic 1953-1956 (the exception) Silver 1956-1970 Bronze 1970-1984 Copper 1984 - 1998
?? 1998-2012.
1998-up is clearly the Plastic Age. That's about when the slabbing began right? I wasn't there at the conception...
Well if its in plastic then there is no conception! Thats the idea isnt it?
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