firby5@yale-comix.UUCP (Jim Firby) (06/16/84)
First of all, you people are really making me feel old! How can we talk about femmes fatales in comics and not mention the two who set the standards: Caniff's Dragonlady and Eisner's P'gell?! Is it possible that these ladies (and I use the terme advisedly) are unknown? I second Oz's admonition to get out there and read the Spirit, if only for its historical value to today's comics. Of course, once you're there, you'll find a whole lot more. Second is this rumour about the collapse of all the D.C. universes into one. I regard this as a Very Bad Thing. D.C.'s multiverse was one of the things that made me realize that D.C. knew what comics were really for, moreso than Marvel. It will be a sad day when Earth-2 et al. disappear. This brings me to a question I have been grappling with for some time, ever since I started reading the Comics Journal, in fact. That is, why do YOU read comics, and what do you think comics are for (oops, what lousy grammar! Sorry but it has to stand that way.) I'll be posting my views here, and I hope everyone else will. from the airtight garage of joanne f.