From Howard Tayler's open letter:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><P>I learned some neat stuff, too. Comics in general are a recession-commodity. When the economy booms, everybody spends money on expensive entertainment. But when the economy tanks--I mean TRULY tanks--folks don't give up on entertainment altogether. They go buy a comic book. It's cheap, it's escapist, and that's good enough. In the latest economic boom, the comic industry has seen a 'slip' in size from around $250 million/year to $80 million/year (1993, and 2000, if my memory serves me correctly).
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I've speculated about this for years, with no evidence at all, and now it turns out I'm right. Times will be good, because they'll be bad.<P>------------------
Reinder Dijkhuis
<A HREF="http://www.rocr.net/" TARGET=_blank>Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan</A>, Humorous fantasy strip, updated Mon-Fri, and really rather good. <A HREF="http://www.rocr.net/d/20000701.html" TARGET=_blank>Read it from the first strip!</A><P><A HREF="http://whio.keenspace.com/" TARGET=_blank>White House in Orbit</A>