>>121428692The entire concept of "comics culture" (or even "geek culture" in general) is completely dead. Comic book conventions have been replaced by "comicons" which are literally press conferences for movie studios that you have to pay money for the "privilege" of attending. The days of fan-run forums and unmoderated 4chan discussion are long over. Instead we have literally nothing but corporate sites now. YouTube is an echo chamber of people endlessly repeating the same misconceptions to the point that most of modern fandom has started to believe a combination of simplifications and exaggerations or even outright lies about comics history. There literally is ZERO "grass roots" culture related to the medium anymore. If there's a single biggest tragedy of the death of comics as a medium, it's that.
