This week marked the launch of another Mark Millar title, 1985, in which the Marvel Universe characters tear the fabric of reality and enter the "real world". Its a rollicking good read, full of wholesome nostalgia for us oldies with the added bonus of a good story and art that makes your eyes sing, if that's medically possible.
It got me thinking - the Eighties are holy ground for a lot of todays comic book readers. The comic market has shrunk to such an extant that the people who read comics in the 80's and who have been tempted back in the new millenium are almost the dominant force. Everything that was great in the bygone days has been resurrected, dusted off, given a dash of irony and is selling like smarties at a rave for partially sighted clubbers.
Yesterday though, I picked up at least 5 comics which literally and figuratively tear the arse out of most comics written 20 years ago.
Astonishing X-Men - Giant size #1 - Joss Whedon and John Cassaday
Thor #9 - JMS and Oliver Coipel
1985 - Mark Millar and Tommy Lee Edwards
All Star Superman #11 - Grant Morrison and Quite Frankly
Kick Ass #3 - Millar and John Romita Jnr
any of these books would have been a monster hit in the days of Miami Vice jackets with rolled up sleeves and fake Ray Bans.
2008 is the new 1985. Remember not to drink Kool Aid this time.
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