With regards to comics.

You know, when I was younger, I had comic books figured OUT.

There was Marvel, which was where you bought books about GRIM GRITTY REALISTIC ADVENTURES. Being young and in need of more than my share of edginess, I bought a lot of Daredevil and Todd MacFarlane's Spider-Man run and occasionally some Silver Surfer and somehow I ended up reading Nova and Quasar and Rocket Raccoon too. You know, REALISTIC GRIM GRITTY space raccoon adventures.

Anyway. DC was obviously for light fluffy superhero frippery. You'd buy something like Wonder Woman or Superman or Green Lantern or (my favorite) The Flash, and you'd get a superhero story where there is an Evil Villain and then the Evil Villain is punched while a one-liner occurs and everyone laughs. I was young, and thus stupid. I didn't buy many DC comics.

Now I am older, and I would very much like some light fluffy superhero frippery that's relaxing and gentle and silly, please. So I look at DC's...

Uh. I...guess...

Well, what about ... oh, uhm. Ew.

There's always ...nooooo, maybe not...

Marvel it is then.

Why don't I want to read any comic published after like 1985 anymore? Can anyone answer that for me?

"Maybe it's just me, but I'm not crazy about super hero stories where everything's all dark and moody. Personally, I like the ones where good guys fight giant apes on the moon and stuff. Remember those? I do. That was back when comic book worlds were places you wanted to escape to... not from." - Squirrel Girl.

Ah yes. Thank you, Doreen.

(Did I say 1985? Well. I can make an exception now and then..)