why do the 90s get so much crap?

@battle_forum_junkie: I was VERY angry until I saw that picture. Thank you sir.

Liefeld.

This. The 90'rs had the rise of independents, the birth of Vertigo, Milestone and other smaller publishers/imprints, the second British invasion and the same amount of good superhero titles like any other decade.

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Yeah, there was great stuff...but then there was Liefeld, like almost everywhere.

Most people are stupid, that's why. The 1990's were a great time for comics.

After 1999 most everything went downhill.

The 90's didn't have DC 52 or Marvel Now.

@wolverine08 said:

This shows both sides pretty well. I would add to it that while Image did change the way the industry did business, so many other things died. Vertigo survived until 2010, but Milestone and the Ultraverse died relatively quick deaths. They had great, superior content IMO, but not enough backing. The deaths of these imprints after two or three years is not a plus for the Nineties- it should be an embarrassment.

@jwalser3: Not even close. Did I sound like him?

Vertigo is still going?
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Nah.

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I was born in 92, so I of course love the 90s. Good times to live.

@billy_batson: Sorry, typing fast before getting ready for work- thanks for the correction. I was thinking of the DC characters that had gone Vertigo being shifted back to DC. Vertigo still has some wonderful titles coming out.

Yes.

@jwalser3: Maybe I was channeling him?

More like... YES. :P

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All that artwork just came flooding back to me. The color black and metal chains. Pockets and giant guns. God, Liefield, why?!

Because 90`s was kind of a tacky decade. Sure, there was Simpsons, Sandman, a cloned sheep and other advancements in science...but there was also stuff like this.

That can be said from the 80`s too. And 21. century so far. But 90`s has been stuck with the lousy rep it`s got, for a long while now.

@billy_batson said:

@cezar_thescribe said:

@billy_batson said:

@cezar_thescribe said:

After 1999 most everything went downhill.

Nah.

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More like... YES. :P

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Let's not be stealing my images. :p

Because everyone was an a*shole. A lot like Nu52 heroes.

Difference is, while I could at least gush over the extremity and laugh about the OTTness of the 90s the modern stuff just makes me sick to my stomach.

90's were awsome

Maybe next time he'll explain why his characters suffer from a rare form of super-scoliosis.

Reading this old post is quite amusing to see just how ignorant some were in 2013-14. this is what happens when you get your info from shill media.

The 90s was the last great era for comics(so far) and it gave us...

The Infinity Gauntlet

TAS version of Batman

Harley Quinn

Bane

Classic X-Men Blue and Gold era

The Thunderbolts

Cable, Deadpool and Domino

Wolverine's origin

Two-Face's origin

Death of Superman

the Return of the classic Green Hulk

Highest selling comic book in the history of the industry

the Simpson's first decade in comics

Lots of brand new popular characters from the indies

The Sin City characters

The Mask

Spawn

Prime and Ultraforce

Fone Bone and the gang

Frank "Madman" Einstein

I could really go on and on. to consider the 90s anything other than a success is just silly, the era produced so much.

The 90s gave us goddamn Spawn, that alone makes already up for all the edgyness and ridiculous character designs.

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The early nineties was cool. 1993-1997 was pretty bad. Especially all the Rob Liefield Youngblood stuff.