>>106285457You’re honestly giving them too much credit, most people won’t even read the comic.
I had a coworker, black guy fresh out of college. Typical “woke” attitude and absolutely in love with Ta Nahesi Coates. He had his book (books?) and followed his Atlanta writings religiously.
When it was announced he was going to write Black Panther the dude was at my desk begging me to take him to the comic shop down the road. So we did and... the results were less than stellar. Again, this guy couldn’t have been MORE ready to read a comic. 110% interested.
I show him a single floppy. He holds it in his hand...puzzled. He flips a few pages and his face scowls in befuddlement. He looks at me and mutters “is this it?” I knew immediately that he was the type that would not ever read a floppy. That’s cool, I told him. In a few months they’ll collect 5 or 6 of these into book. “I’m just supposed to wait?” I offered to show him some of the classic collections but he hated the art and didn’t want “some nobody” writer. He bought the single issue and read it in 3 minutes. He said he just couldn’t see the point of it all and was disappointed with Coates.
This was a comic engineered to appeal to this guy and he was pumped for it...but as soon as he came to understand what a comic was he lost all interest. This is just a single story, I’m sure you’ll have 10 success stories for every negative I mention.
