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: : Kevin -- : : This is from your recent Dark Horizons ITW : : : "If EVER there was a Silent Bob era, this is the end of it, to say the : : least. I might still continue to work on him in the comics, because that : : way, he'll never age, not to mention stay the same weight." : : After reading that, I couldn't help wondering what exactely is your : : stance on the Real Time Vs Marvel Time (or comic book time) : : debate. : : For those here who are unfamiliar with comic book lingo (I suppose : : there is one or two of you out there), "Comic Book Time" or "Marvel : : Time" refers to the way time flows in most super-hero comics : : : although most of them originated in the 1940s or 1960s, and : : although all these comics have references to the time periods in : : which they are produced, the main characters (superheroes and : : supporting cast) do not age, while the rest of the world evolves in the : : background. : : Example : in the "Fantastic Four" comic book, the two main : : characters, Sue and Reed Richards, had a kid named Franklin. I : : believe it took place in 1967 or 1968. Nixon was president back then. : : "Fantastic Four" is still published now. George W.Bush is president, : : and I suppose he is still referenced as a public figure in FF (haven't : : read it in a while, but Marvel Comics *always* references public : : figures). So the story *does* take place in 2001. 33 years after little : : Franklin's birth. But he is still 4 years old or so. : : Personally, that's one of the reasons why I stopped reading : : superhero comics. (Even the Savage Dragon which was the only : : comic book working in Real Time, since Larsen seems to have : : ditched the concept : what's the point of having a book evolve in Real : : Time if you don't have the contemporary world as a basis ? Dragon : : now leaves in a crappy Kamandi pastiche world ...). I just wondered : : what *you* thought of Real Time Vs Comic Book Time. Do you really : : want Jay & Bob to become another set of immortal icons that might : : risk to lose their meaning if they don't change while the rest of the : : world behind them continues to evolve ? : : I'm also asking because of the controversy created by Erik Larsen's : : statement in Wizard that Marvel and DC characters should never age : : and never be killed, in which he directly refered to your killing Karen : : Page and Mysterio in a Daredevil story. : : Take care, : : utiti 77

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