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The problem is that people see comics as a "lesser" medium to film because it reaches less people and makes less money. But, in terms of art and storytelling comics are just as valid a medium as any other, and have advantages all their own.
But, Marvel and DC having a lot of success from Superhero movies, and now both being owned by movie companies (Disney and WB), now see their comics as an advertisement/prelude to the movies rather than their own product. This is a big problem for comic creators and readers.
I feel like this would be less of a problem if the Superhero genre didn't have a stranglehold on the medium in America. I like the classic Superhero characters, but I hate when it's treated as the only genre that matters in American comics. Combine that problem with the movie problem, and you get a comics industry that's subservient to the movie industry instead of being aloud to exist on it's own.
Yeah, it's a pickle.
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