Monday, January 20, 2003


From The Comics Journal's weblog:

"You know the Raelians, right? The cult that claims to have cloned the baby for their space alien inspired bid to immortality? Obviously fringe nutjob cultists, right?

"Look at their website. It says they have over 55,000 members and counting.

"Then go here -- there are more people who can be convinced to believe that Earth was seeded by space aliens who will return to earth and bestow immortality on mankind than can be convinced to buy a mid-selling Mainstream title like Daredevil.

"Now, where is the comics' 'mainstream', again?"

The answer, of course, is Heavy Metal, or perhaps Nickelodeon Magazine's section of kids' comics; beyond that, there's no such thing as "mainstream comics", unless you want to count the Sunday funnies of your local newspaper.


7:56:02 AM