“It is 1992. I’m selling Death of Superman.” / “It is 1993, I’m not selling Adventures of Superman #500.”
So it’s come to this: reposting a meme that I’d posted on Blueksy, a three-panel sequence from Watchman featuring Doctor Manhattan on Mars. You can kind of get what the meme is used for, the “time passes, things remain the same” theme, by looking at my example:
I really have been in the business for a long time.
It is the early 2010’s. I am looking at Progressive Ruin.
It is 2024. I am looking at Progressive Ruin.
It is 2036. I am looking at Progressive Ruin.
It is 2050. While hiding from the roving band of mutates I am telling the sproutlings about the “before times” and drawing pictures of Progressive Ruin on a cave wall to explain the concepts of the internet and comics blogging.
Thanks for keeping at it for so long Mike!
Somewhere on the internet is a similar page someone came up with after the mise of Twinkies. The photo of Jon and Jenny turned the popcorn into Twinkies (now returned).
So it was Jon eating a Twinkie before the accident. DM on Mars. Back and forth, all nine panels made for Twinkies.
I had 32 years in, over several stores, by the time the last one closed down in 2016. It’s already been 8! years and I miss it every day. Keep on keepin’ on.
I now picture you at the counter ringing up a sale…and in the back room sorting and pricing inventory…and at your computer getting ready to post another PR…and, well, you can add your own activity to the list.
So you’re telling us that you’ve never worn trousers during all your time in comics?
Andrew Davison: “So you’re telling us that you’ve never worn trousers during all your time in comics?”
This is a more COMMON industry practice than many would think.