Well written. I agree completely...NT

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Posted by thx3188 at 208.218.130.159 on February 09, 2000 at 20:53:59:

In Reply to: Help Get Comics Back in the Hands of Kids! posted by Roseann on February 09, 2000 at 20:36:43:

: Dear Kevin,

: I was planning on mailing a letter to your NJ office, but I just have a feeling it's six of one & half a dozen of another whether you'll read this post or read a typed letter.

: I want to thank you for directing such a great movie as Dogma. I received 16 years of education in religious institutions including the now closed South Catholic High School of Hartford, CT (we were the Rebels and used the Stars & Bars as our flag), and 4 years at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, the heart of the commonwealth. Dogma spoke to pretty much all the mythology of my religious upbringing, and I was very impressed by your credits at the end to the Sister who taught you.

: You write movies, you write comic books and I was wondering if you could help me open the comicbook market up to young people again. I learned to read and understand science reading Superman, Supergirl, Lois Lane, Spiderman (my brother was a member of the Merry Marvel Marching Society). Today's comics either are too racy for an 8 year old and often never finish the story in one book (which I think is worse). I'm not that old, but I'd pay $5.00 for 3 good stories in a trilogy (what used to be 25 cents).

: There are a lot of kids out there that aren't learning the joys of following a story frame by frame, page by page. Their experience is usually in a videogame, and ya just can't savor the images in a videogame. Comics need to be sold in more places than comicbook stores -- they need to be near the candy and more good comics need to be stocked.

: Kevin, if you have any thoughts on how we can change comic distribution, I'd be appreciative. Thanks for all your fine work, and good luck with your lecture at UMASS in a few weeks.

: Oh, and thank you for profiling the Johnny 7 OME in Dogma. I happen to be one girl who fought like hell to get the "7 guns in one" as a present -- even though my parents kept asking, "Why do you want a gun with 7 guns?" That commercial was one of the coolest commericals I ever saw, and the gun was pretty neat too-- until I lost all the bullets, and the grenades, etc. etc. etc.

: Good luck with everything... you have some fine people working with you.. I can see that.

: Sincerely,

: Roseann Fitzgerald
: Worcester, MA

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: : Dear Kevin, : : I was planning on mailing a letter to your NJ office, but I just have a feeling it's six of one & half a dozen of another whether you'll read this post or read a typed letter. : : I want to thank you for directing such a great movie as Dogma. I received 16 years of education in religious institutions including the now closed South Catholic High School of Hartford, CT (we were the Rebels and used the Stars & Bars as our flag), and 4 years at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, the heart of the commonwealth. Dogma spoke to pretty much all the mythology of my religious upbringing, and I was very impressed by your credits at the end to the Sister who taught you. : : You write movies, you write comic books and I was wondering if you could help me open the comicbook market up to young people again. I learned to read and understand science reading Superman, Supergirl, Lois Lane, Spiderman (my brother was a member of the Merry Marvel Marching Society). Today's comics either are too racy for an 8 year old and often never finish the story in one book (which I think is worse). I'm not that old, but I'd pay $5.00 for 3 good stories in a trilogy (what used to be 25 cents). : : There are a lot of kids out there that aren't learning the joys of following a story frame by frame, page by page. Their experience is usually in a videogame, and ya just can't savor the images in a videogame. Comics need to be sold in more places than comicbook stores -- they need to be near the candy and more good comics need to be stocked. : : Kevin, if you have any thoughts on how we can change comic distribution, I'd be appreciative. Thanks for all your fine work, and good luck with your lecture at UMASS in a few weeks. : : Oh, and thank you for profiling the Johnny 7 OME in Dogma. I happen to be one girl who fought like hell to get the "7 guns in one" as a present -- even though my parents kept asking, "Why do you want a gun with 7 guns?" That commercial was one of the coolest commericals I ever saw, and the gun was pretty neat too-- until I lost all the bullets, and the grenades, etc. etc. etc. : : Good luck with everything... you have some fine people working with you.. I can see that. : : Sincerely, : : Roseann Fitzgerald : : Worcester, MA : : :

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