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| So, just curious, but we've been in the "modern era" since what, late 80's early 90's? Something like that. How long will we continue to define late 80's early 90's as "modern." They are over 20 years old at this point. Is there some pre-determined criteria for when we draw the new line and start referring to those books as, I don't know, the "iron age" or something? Just curious, and bored at work. Mostly bored at work. |
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Waddly private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Probably going to be the "Digital Age" or something similar. | ||
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QuaBrot private msg quote post Address this user | |
| After the modern age they have the multiple alternative cover age, which we still haven't left yet . . . | ||
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| The 80s and 90s are already being called Copper and Bronze. Not sure exactly when each begins and ends. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by DarthLego You're right. I thought Copper Age stopped in the mid-80's, but looks like it covers early 90's too. |
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jrs private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Looks like we're fully in the variant age... | ||
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Kanaloa private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Digital age. I read most of my comics digitally and only buy special keeper comics like first appearances. | ||
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KiloGraham private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I refer to any thing past 1999 as the "millennial age", "digital age" would be another good term. | ||
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| There will be no more "age" names, because 1. no one can agree on what to call it, and 2. "age" names are, at their core, silly and arbitrary past a certain point. The "Bronze Age" wasn't called that until some time in the 90's (still trying to nail that down), and the "Copper Age" is, essentially, a 00's invention. Consider history...there are essentially "Golden" ages, which are functionally mythological, but there are no "Silver" ages. There IS a "Bronze" age and an "Iron" age, and even a "Stone" age, but those literally refer to the prevailing materials used in the manufacture of tools, weapons, and vehicles. I don't know of anyone who argues when the Golden Age began: Action Comics #1. But that is the only "age" delineator about which there is near unanimous agreement. But everything else? Is SA Showcase #4, or FF #1? Is Bronze Conan #1, GL #76, 15 cent price? Is Copper age NTT #1, TMNT #1? Who knows? Gold, Silver, Bronze...maybe Copper...beyond that, it just gets silly. "90s" "00s" "10s" Pretty simple. |
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There will be age names in the future. Just like bronze and copper came about, the next one is coming, and one after that as well. Collectors will never stand for calling ages 90s, 00s, etc lol. When? No idea, but as soon as someone popular enough manages to get something to stick; @Themaxx35 I like your idea  There will always be different opinions though. Even CBCS lists ages that most overlook/ignore |
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| Yes, and those names will be "90s", "00s", "10s." No one is going to come up with a new name that will stick, because there aren't any non-silly, non-deprecating names left. "Foil Age"? (what about all the books that aren't foil?) "Variant Age"? (what about all the books that aren't variants?) "Gimmick Age"? (..etc.) "Copper" isn't really all that accepted by a lot of people, because, after all, what does it mean? Is Copper somehow less than Bronze? It's supposed to be a progression...right? No one is going to call their books "Tin Age" or "Aluminum Age" or somesuch. The named eras are done. |
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Oxbladder private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Eras are stupid. IMHO. I wish we would just go by decades. | ||
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DarthLego private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Hey Doc, what kind of toys did you play with as a kid? | ||
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DocBrown private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by DarthLego I turned 5 the weekend Star Wars came out...so I'll let you guess. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by DocBrown You're just a pup like your avatar!  |
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| Whatever the last 10 years are will always be the modern age. That will slide forward in time as we do. The 15 years prior would be the Chromium Age most likely. | ||
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| Ive read some interesting conversations around the correlation between era changes and changes in CCA rules and standards. Being that the Comics Code Authority no longer exists, would that by extension also mean that's era designations are no longer relevant? |
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| Who decides? Probably Overstreet. | ||
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jrs private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I agree with @shrewbeer. Just like golden age books aren't actually gold, and silver age books aren't actually silver, and so on, new "eras" in the future merely need names that encompass the most prevalent features of their time. So I do believe there will be shorthand names for current and future periods of collecting. It would seem silly, however, to refer to these new eras as the iron or stone ages, which connote a level of advancement from prior years -- but also imply a lack of sophistication that is not representative of modern manufacturing and publishing techniques. So digital age is certainly a possibility, but what of future "ages" when everything is more digital? |
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| I've seen the '90s often referred to as the Chrome Age. Mostly due to the amount of chromium covers that were released. The question now is, how long until it becomes standard. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by OrbitCityComics "Chrome" sounds kinda silly, but it would fit the 90's gimmicks. |
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| Things to consider: 1. The Golden Age was named in the 60's. 2. The Silver Age was named in the late 70's, maybe early 80's. 3. The Bronze Age was named in the early 90's. 4. Copper age came with the internet, maybe very late 90's/early 00's. 5. "Copper Age" isn't a widely used era designation, and has neither a clear start, nor a clear end, especially relative to the other eras. 6. It's been nearly 20 (or over 20, depending) since the last era was "named." People have been talking about "the next era name" since that time, and nothing has "stuck", precisely because of the self-limiting nature (and ever-shrinking periods of time they represent) of the previous eras. PS. No, comic books weren't made of gold and silver. "Golden Age" has to do with the (perception of the) greatness of the era, the foundation of comics as an artform, not the most prevalent feature of the time. |
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Personally, I think the Copper Age should end, and the current age we are in begin with Batman #1 New 52. That's just my 5 cents (not 2 cents, because you know, the copper age is over.)  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Themaxx35 Those "gimmicks" remain in some form or other. "Gimmicks" are used to sell books. They weren't the downfall of that era the influx and exit of inexperienced collectors from the sports card crash and the rather indulgent distribution system was the major cause. It was also a time of change mostly artistically and writing didn't keep up. So even without "gimmicks" there was lots of flash and not much substance. Nevermind the growing markets of other distracting easy to get media. |
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| simple. The POST Modern age |
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jrs private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by DocBrown Wait, are you sure? |
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| Don't forget about the Atom Age. This is wedged between the Golden and Silver age. I think most collector's just classify it as Golden Age. I think the modern age should continue being called that for awhile. | ||
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DocBrown private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by jrs Maybe. I dunno. There might have been. But probably not. Since then, however, there have been a couple. |
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| The Modern age is always the age we are in today. What has to be determined is where to cut off the end of Bonze and Copper. We don't need to name the age we are in until we are no longer in it, at which point the new age at the time will still be Modern and the age we are in today will be named something. | ||
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| It could really get confusing if we go the way of tv. They're currently in the "Third Golden Age of Television". | ||
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