Whatever happened to the Letters page in comic books?

Amerikatt · 10-30-2011 10:38 AM

I haven't seen any in years.

Did they go the way of newsprint and pixelization?

At least they're still in the older comics.

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Archiviste · 10-30-2011 10:59 AM

I believe Marvel is re-instating it in some of their titles (ex. Daredevil), but DC nixed it a long time ago.

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Baler · 10-30-2011 11:29 AM

DC brought back letter columns in their books about a year ago.

Bubbawheat · 10-30-2011 11:44 AM

The Buffy season 8 series has had a letters column in every issue.

Frost Warden · 10-30-2011 01:20 PM

The Walking Dead has a regular letters column, answered by Robert Kirkman and usually one of the other writers (can't recall who, right offhand).

It's cool that he's so involved with his fanbase; Marvel and DC used to be that way.

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Originally Posted by Baler

DC brought back letter columns in their books about a year ago.

Really? Most of the DC books I see have more of a editorial about coming events, etc. Maybe I'm missing them...

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Night-Hawk07 · 10-30-2011 02:57 PM

Pretty sure I've seen them in both Spider-man comics and Red Robin. I would imagine the other DC and Marvel comics do as well.

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ChrisMoses · 10-31-2011 08:28 AM

A lot still do them. Christos Gage answers his comic letters himself (namely Avengers Academy). Amazing Spider-Man editor Stephen Wacker answers the letters in the books he presides over (ASM and all related titles). Robert Kirkman answers his (with the help of editor Sina Grace) in all of his books (namely Invincible and The Walking Dead). I believe Peter David used to answer letters in X-Factor, but I can't recall him doing that in a while. I believe editor Nick Lowe does a lot of the letters in the X-books.

I read a ton of Marvel books. I'd say that most regular Marvel serieses still do a Letters Page.

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Inazuma · 10-31-2011 09:46 AM

Back in the late '80s, when I was a kid, I got a letter published in an issue of Quasar. It was my proudest moment, at the time.

TrueGentleman · 10-31-2011 10:12 AM

Whatever happened to the Letters page in comic books?

The Internet, as usual. Marvel and DC both host their own official forums, to say nothing of the innumerable fan bulletin boards and blogs. One can make a good case for a curated correspondence section published in books, in contrast to the 'net's open model. We'll see what happens when digital publishing becomes the norm.