# Comics: Is it just me, or... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2006, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-is-it-just-me-or/342634 "2006-02-02T04:35:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-is-it-just-me-or/342634/1 "2006-02-02T04:35:40Z")
…are comic book lettering fonts getting too damn tiny? I never needed reading glasses before this winter (I’m 44, about the right age for eyesight to take a dive), but I can’t read New Avengers without 'em. Granted, it’s hard to fit that verbose Bendis dialogue on a page in anything larger than 4 pt. type, but this is getting ridiculous! Anybody else having a problem with this? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-is-it-just-me-or/342634/2 "2006-02-02T04:45:20Z")
Nope, can’t say I have that problem. I am getting tired of the colour-coded captions and speech balloons in ill-chosen colours (I have a real hard time with Green Arrow’s captions in JLA). ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-is-it-just-me-or/342634/3 "2006-02-02T15:06:46Z")
I haven’t noticed any change in font size lately. Maybe you need to visit your local opthomologist? ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-is-it-just-me-or/342634/4 "2006-02-02T15:30:07Z")
Hmm. Do you find yourself starting to refer to Spider-Man as a menace? Or at the very least, an impudent whippersnapper? Do you find yourself starting to think of Aunt May as fiesty, vivacious, and/or spry? Do you wish there were more Matlock comics? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-is-it-just-me-or/342634/5 "2006-02-02T15:31:34Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > …are comic book lettering fonts getting too damn tiny? I never needed reading glasses before this winter (I’m 44, about the right age for eyesight to take a dive), but I can’t read New Avengers without 'em. Granted, it’s hard to fit that verbose Bendis dialogue on a page in anything larger than 4 pt. type, but this is getting ridiculous! > > Anybody else having a problem with this? Yeah I have a problem with this! I have a problem with the fact that you’re 44. Aren’t you a little _old_ for comic books? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-is-it-just-me-or/342634/6 "2006-02-02T17:09:23Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Yeah I have a problem with this! I have a problem with the fact that you’re 44. Aren’t you a little _old_ for comic books? > > 😉 Oh, but the headline has appeared in every major newspaper in America: “BANG! POW! Copmics Aren’t Just for Kids Anymmore!”