Cassidy Picken

Engl 100

Nov-15-2019

 The comic industry of current day is barely thriving as a source of entertainment. For this topic, there have been many reasons that have been speculated to be the cause of this decline. However, in my presentation, I will be attempting to answer the question of why the modern age of comics are currently in decline as well as why other similar mediums are much more successful. In particular these would be comic book movies, graphic novels, and Japanese manga. Doing research for this topic will be quite interesting due to the fact that most of the studies and research for this topic are generally not a scholarly article. As well as the fact that my other question is more of a broader and open ended question. One of the driving forces of why I want to delve into this discussion is because of the fact that I was never able to see this for myself. What I mean by this is that it was brought to my attention by youtube video essays, and people around the community. However the specifics and the cause of it all is never completely accurate from one person to another, and so I felt compelled to research this topic. Furthermore, there is also the fact that this is an industry that I love and respect, and to see its’ success dwindle is very hard for me to wrap my head around, especially because this industry has been around for so long.