September 22nd, 2011
Galley Friend N.S. sends along a link to this New York Times piece on the DC relaunch, with this passage highlighted:
RESPONDING to years of declining readership, DC Comics — the publisher behind Superman, Batman and other superheroes — recently reintroduced itself with 52 new titles, featuring characters and story lines that better reflect today’s diverse sensibilities.
But it remains to be seen whether that diversity will include more accurate portrayals of mental illnesses.
Or, N.S. quips, physics. But it’s nice to know the NYT cares about what goes on in America’s comic book shops.
buster September 23, 2011 at 4:57 am
Given that Comics Alliance devotes 5% of its daily content to asking whether the comics industry is keeping women down, this seems about right.