Both Ends of The Spectrum

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May 27 -  Hey there!  Back to more convention report with...

Hope SpringCon's Eternal

Part Two; "Both Ends of The Spectrum"

So, what all happened at SpringCon?  Well, I have only a slight idea of what everyone else at the convention may have been doing (probably staring at comics legend Jim Shooter....that dude is as legendarily gigantic as he is

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Yup, I was/am a big fan of the team-ups. Even as a little kid, my mind was blown whenever the Beverly Hillbillies would show up on Petticoat Junction or Green Acres. In comics, I think that my fondness for certain characters only blossomed after seeing them as temporary partners with Batman or Spider-Man, and my first real introduction to some of my favorite artists - most notably John Byrne - came from team-up books. Now, I guess it's a bit too obvious to say that times have changed, but they REALLY HAVE, in that the characters are no longer truly the stars of their own books. Now, the "star" is the writer, or the artist, or the event, or the storyline, or just about anything other than simply the character, like when I was a kid. Think of this; how many of today's comics readers buy The Fantastic Four ONLY because The Thing is a member? Back in the day, even a second tier character like him could steer readership to Marvel Two-In-One on strength of character fan-base alone.