Via Jim's twitter, he's decided the Golden/Silver/Bronze/Chromium classifications are incorrect and were imposed by a bunch of random schlubs at Overstreet. He proposes the following:
THE FORMATIVE AGE: 1897-1933 Begins with The Yellow Kid and includes a multitude of formats, from tabloid to hardbound.
THE REPRINT AGE: 1933-1938: Begins with Funnies on Parade (1933) and establishes a market for comic-strip compilations.
THE GOLDEN AGE: 1938-50 Begins with Action 1 (6/38) and ignites the first superhero explosion indigenous to comics.
THE SILVER AGE: 1950-56 Begins with Vault of Horror 12 (4/50) and leads a wave of horror, crime, romance, and Western titles.
THE REVIVAL AGE: 1956-61 Begins with Showcase 4 (10/56) and recasts established superheroes for a new audience.
THE MARVEL AGE: 1961-77 Begins with Fantastic Four 1 (11/61) and infuses contemporary characterization with techno-plots.
THE INDEPENDENT AGE: 1977-85 Begins with Cerebus 1 (1977) and pioneers alternative publishing, distribution, and the comic-shop phenomenon.
THE DIGITAL AGE: 1985-Present Begins with Shatter 1 (6/85) and launches computer-generated art, rendered color, special visual effects, and electronic production and delivery techniques.
I don't think these are any better, and an age of 5 or 6 years abutting an age of 17 or nearly 30 isn't very helpful. I'm interested to see how he argues these when he chooses to, but I don't know if he'll be able to convince me.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 21 July 2013 02:20 (thirteen years ago)