ComicsPriceGuide.com Forums - CPG Announcements - Naming the Comic Book Ages - Messages https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 ComicsPriceGuide.com Forums - CPG Announcements - Naming the Comic Book Ages - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Sat, 22 May 2021 19:25:47 GMT Sat, 22 May 2021 19:25:47 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from rgtichy Sat, 22 May 2021 19:25:47 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from Theoldcollector BasementComics wrote:
I'm down with whatever helps me catalog and find books faster.


Me too. smile]]> Sat, 22 May 2021 12:18:57 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from BasementComics Sat, 22 May 2021 12:10:41 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from Theoldcollector ]]> Sat, 22 May 2021 11:48:38 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from glorkar Ronbatman wrote:
That was on purpose to show what we are thinking about doing. I think it makes sense to lead up to the year 2000 with the chromium age and then go by decades.


Okay, that makes total sense. And I can totally get behind that. The Ages are a part of the history of the hobby. They've earned their place. And if we go by decades starting in 2000, it'll be a hundred years before it gets weird. By then it'll be someone else's problem Big Grin]]> Fri, 21 May 2021 16:36:04 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from Xvipah73 ]]> Fri, 21 May 2021 12:45:12 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from Ronbatman glorkar wrote:
Even you show using decade splits in your example Ronbatman.



That was on purpose to show what we are thinking about doing. I think it makes sense to lead up to the year 2000 with the chromium age and then go by decades.

Collectibleshop wrote -
"And since you can't search on CPG by era, and you post the year the title started, then I don't see the need/use for named eras here either. If CPG would ever upgrade its search to add a year field, that would really help speed up searches. I've found plenty of mistake listings with the wrong era noted, and some with the wrong years, but even if you could filter by decades only, that would help narrow the results."


For someone who has used this website for free for years, you are extremely demanding. Then to say that Overstreet is the main authority is ridiculous. Honestly, ridiculous. I would love to find a store that uses Overstreet exclusively, I would make a fortune reselling their books. So insanely outdated!!!!!


We will be moving ahead with the naming (when it's decided) so if you don't like the naming then there's no reason to comment further.


Being extremely honest,
Ron


edited by ronbatman on 5/21/2021]]> Fri, 21 May 2021 10:21:36 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from lokyel
I AGREE with collectibleshop
decades are the way to go
i just looked up Spider-man #1 and came up with 18 pages of titles the one I was looking for was on page 16 after trying the barcode that didn't work but was in there for that title [so i didn't have to add that one].
if i could narrow it down by decades it would have cut down the time by a lot.]]> Thu, 20 May 2021 19:29:08 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from glorkar Wouldn't it be just as easy to search eBay by saying you want Venom #1 from the 90's? 00's? 10's? It's actually simpler than trying to remember that 1990-1991 are not in the same comic age as the rest of the 90's. Or that the 80's are both Bronze and Copper Age.]]> Thu, 20 May 2021 15:27:59 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from Ronbatman
Think about finding Venom #1. Do a search for it. 23,000 things come up! Even if you remove, "lethal, annual, web and funeral" you still get 15,000 results. If that was sorted by ages
The Chromium Age - 1992-2000
2000-2010
2010-2020
That would substantially help you find exactly what you're looking for.

If someone wants to use the ages for marketing how does that hurt anything?
Ron]]> Thu, 20 May 2021 11:16:07 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from rgtichy Wed, 19 May 2021 21:01:09 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from
Maybe just leave the name the "Modern Age" but call the current age the "Movie Age" and let the Movie Age come after the Modern Age?

Because that's what you are really trying to do, right? Split the Modern Age into some kind of pieces and name one or both of them? I suggest finding an End for the Modern Age and naming the next Age.

Bronze is mostly 1970's
Copper is 1980 or 1981 to 1992, whether you think it was Spawn or the Jim Lee X-Men #1, something broke and cover gimmickry ruled the day from that point forward.]]> Wed, 19 May 2021 21:00:20 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from glorkar would make things so much easier imo. Or by print size, meaning the width of the book. All I need to know is what bags and boards I need to grab. Heck, let's just call them the Small Medium and Large Ages wink]]> Wed, 19 May 2021 19:59:50 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from rgtichy
The Spider-Man trilogy, followed by Iron Man is in my mind, the moment when comics crossed over "forever" into a new age where recycling and refining the storylines for the movie medium took precedence.

Going "52" and "Dark" everything was how DC brought itself into alignment with making movies from their characters, for real...]]> Wed, 19 May 2021 18:52:10 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from Dylman Wed, 19 May 2021 17:53:04 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from aarondawe
Aaron]]> Wed, 19 May 2021 17:34:08 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from kds_comics Ronbatman wrote:
As the largest Comic Book Price Guide, we are taking the responsibility to name the comic ages. The last age to have an accepted name is the Modern age beginning in 1/1992 with the formation of Image Comics. That signaled a departure from the past with artists owning their properties. After 29 years it's time to divide the ages into more manageable time frames.




Dates we think are important to signal the end of this age
1998 Blade Movie (Some view this as the first Marvel movie)
1999 IDW is founded (first book published in 2002)
2000 Dark Horse Presents ends 14-year run
2000 Marvel's Ultimate Spiderman begins
2003 Image's Walking Dead and Invincible begin
2005 Batman Begins Movie (starts trilogy)
2007 Marvel's Digital Comics Unlimited launched
2008 Iron Man Movie (1st Marvel Studios Movie, Kevin Feige produced)
2011 DC's New 52 Begins




So what should the age that begins in January 1992 and ends in _____ be named?
  • Image Age
  • Artist Age
  • Chromium Age
  • New Age
  • Variant Age
  • Steel Age


These are the suggestions we have. If you don't like these please, post a suggestion. There is no compensation if we use a name you suggest other than the praise of countless fans who want the Modern age to be less than 29 years! Tell all your collector friends so that we can get a broad range of opinions.
Thanks,
Ron
edited by ronbatman on 5/19/2021



I think if more importance is the Valiant Age with the advent of Valiant comics in 1991. Remember Image spun off in 1992 AFTER Valiant. From 1991 - 2009 or 2011 maybe we should call it the Atomic Age after Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom. Also for all of the "atomic" or anatomy concentric art. Perhaps the Modern Age should start with the DC New 52 in 2011.
edited by kds_comics on 5/19/2021
edited by kds_comics on 5/19/2021]]> Wed, 19 May 2021 16:49:14 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from rustyauger Wed, 19 May 2021 16:48:49 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from Xvipah73 Wed, 19 May 2021 16:14:25 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from glorkar .
In 2007 Marvel launched it's Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited. Might be a good year to end the age we're working on naming now.
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And if we're thinking ahead, we could name the age after that the Silicone Age or something else tech related.]]> Wed, 19 May 2021 15:54:02 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=16185 Message from Ronbatman As the largest Comic Book Price Guide, we are taking the responsibility to name the comic ages. The last age to have an accepted name is the Modern age beginning in 1/1992 with the formation of Image Comics. That signaled a departure from the past with artists owning their properties. After 29 years it's time to divide the ages into more manageable time frames.




Dates we think are important to signal the end of this age
1998 Blade Movie (Some view this as the first Marvel movie)
1999 IDW is founded (first book published in 2002)
2000 Dark Horse Presents ends 14-year run
2000 Marvel's Ultimate Spiderman begins
2003 Image's Walking Dead and Invincible begin
2005 Batman Begins Movie (starts trilogy)
2007 Marvel's Digital Comics Unlimited launched
2008 Iron Man Movie (1st Marvel Studios Movie, Kevin Feige produced)
2011 DC's New 52 Begins




So what should the age that begins in January 1992 and ends in _____ be named?
  • Image Age
  • Artist Age
  • Chromium Age
  • New Age
  • Variant Age
  • Steel Age


These are the suggestions we have. If you don't like these please, post a suggestion. There is no compensation if we use a name you suggest other than the praise of countless fans who want the Modern age to be less than 29 years! Tell all your collector friends so that we can get a broad range of opinions.
Thanks,
Ron
edited by ronbatman on 5/19/2021]]> Wed, 19 May 2021 14:26:19 GMT