Are comic books basically just published fanfiction these days?

*CyberCubed* · 03-22-2026, 10:27 AM

I mean that's the thing, we're now 30+ years later so now all the "fans" and "kid audience" are now the ones in the industry writing comics, TV shows and movies. We've gotten to the point where everyone in our generation (30-40+ year olds) were the original target audience 30 years ago, and the ones who are now in the industry are doing the writing.

So in other words, everything is written by fans now. It's basically like fanfiction.

03-22-2026, 10:27 AM	#14
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,838	I mean that's the thing, we're now 30+ years later so now all the "fans" and "kid audience" are now the ones in the industry writing comics, TV shows and movies. We've gotten to the point where everyone in our generation (30-40+ year olds) were the original target audience 30 years ago, and the ones who are now in the industry are doing the writing. So in other words, everything is written by fans now. It's basically like fanfiction.