tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148046803446018048.post4128496957130145026..comments2023-04-16T12:12:29.133+01:00Comments on Gad, Sir! Comics!: More on Robin HoodSteve Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213873565793377832noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148046803446018048.post-50357207513458056222007-10-15T16:13:00.000+01:002007-10-15T16:13:00.000+01:00Having been for a look at Lew's (would have comme...Having been for a look at Lew's (would have commented there too, but can't find the usual comment link) I have to say that the comic is appalling but not unexpected. <BR/><BR/>I'm a huge <I>Robin of Sherwood</I> fan (my boyfriend is old enough to remember the show, and introduced me to it via the DVDs) and, while I knew that <I>Robin Hood</I> would be a different conceptualisation of the legend for a new generation, I was shocked by how bad the first episode was in terms of production and storytelling. I've been doggedly avoiding it ever since.<BR/><BR/>As for the comic... *sigh* It's a prime example of how little is expected of children these days. It's a strange aspect of our culture that while suggestive strappy tops, creepily sexualised Bratz dolls and other badges of "maturity" are marketed at six-year-old girls who then see themselves as adult, the comics traditionally aimed at children have got more childish. <BR/><BR/>The sad thing is that both comics and TV shows which would once have appealed to a wide age-range are now ghettoising themselves by making themselves suitable for a limited, younger audience - which can only help to reduce rather than broaden the comics market.<BR/><BR/><I>2000AD</I> and British reprints of American comics aside, there seem to be very few comics and magazines which would appeal to older (say, ten to thirteen) children without patronising them - the boys in particular. I remember hearing that <I>FBX</I> had met its demise a few years ago due to the fact that "boys don't buy general interest mags", yet I don't think this was true in previous generations - boys certainly bought <I>Look-In</I>, which for all its nervousness about violence at least had a mix of things tailored to the interests of older kids. Then there's the older and more educational magazines from the 60s and 70s...<BR/><BR/>Whatever the case, <I>RHA</I> isn't changing the status quo.<BR/><BR/>AngelineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com