This is going to be a very small editorial. I just wanted to express how I felt when Josh made that statement in an article last week. (This is in no way written to offend Josh or his writing abilities).
Growing up is tough for any kid, unless your parents are billionaires, having a fictional hero to walk you through childhood makes it easier when being bullied at school or abandoned by rotten parents.
My childhood hero was Superman, Truth, Justice and the American way! I’m not American but this character appealed to me, his bright blue suit, red boots and long red cape. To this day, through thick and thin, a flying alien with a big red “S” has kept me on the right side of life and has been an inspiration for my children.
As kids we all need heroes to look up to, stride for and teach us about morals and boost our creative spectrum.
Marvel and DC have created a vast amount of characters that have caputured the imagination of fanboys across the globe. Superman's emblem is the second most recognised symbol in the world after the christian cross.
There have been many disappointments on the way with story telling via comics and movies. The 90s was a bad time for comic publishers, DC took drastic measures and killed their flagship character to boost sales. It worked for a short time and then sales slumped.
Was this character appealing to adult readers or were they abandoning their childhood hero for the riches of life and reality.
As we all know Josh's faverite character is Spider-man, in his article, he states that Marvel comics and Spider-man do not appeal to him any more and has turned to Marvel's rivals DC Comics.
“Eight months has also been more than enough for me to decide that it’s time to abandon my favourite character – Spider-Man – too” Josh Wilding
We all have the right to read or watch whatever appeals to us throughout our lives. My reason for writing this is that a childhood hero such Superman or Spider-man, do we have the right to turn our backs away from a fictional character that has been with us along our journey to adulthood?.
Fanboys went crazy after watching Batman & Robin, this movie was a abomination to the character, so do all Batman fans abandon DC comics and start reading their rivals? No, they endure, because the character is bigger than a Hollywood failure or a bad year in publishing.
My question to you all is, Do we still need our childhood heroes, if studio’s or publisher’s like Marvel & DC totally screw them up? Also was Josh right to chuck in the towl?
For the Josh’s article, click on the source link below & Leave comments below in the usual place.