Jungle adventure comics were once hugely popular but aren't anymore. Why is that and how can we bring them back?

>>149572046 (OP)
They won't ever be hugely popular again because real world adventure is dead as a genre, it doesn't ignite the public imagination anymore. It is still kind of present as a niche though, Frank Cho had that comic of his, Dynamite puts out Sheena comics every now and then...etc

real world adventure was replaced by science fiction as a psi-op by [them]

>>149572191
I don't disagree.

>>149572152
You could set it in the past, or an alternate history, or a fantasy world.

>>149572152
>Dynamite puts out Sheena comics every now and then
It helps that she's in the public domain and had a pretty famous creator in Will Eisner.

>>149572271
>>149572152
You could also make something that leans into it being a parody of the genre like venture bros was for johnny quest.

>>149572152
>it doesn't ignite the public imagination anymore.
Why not? What happened?

>>149572152
>Frank Cho had that comic of his
Jungle Girl (AKA "Shanna the She-Devil but no restrictions"). But he just did the covers, not the interior. Would also help if it didn't completely go off the fucking rails with the story in the third series with the aliens.

>>149572585
>aliens.
You're joking.

>>149572152
You'd think the genre of a woman or man walking around the jungle in very little clothing would be forever popular.

>>149572771
What's this?

>>149572604
I am not. When searching for this image, I was also reminded that there's Lovecraft Old Ones bullshit thrown in there, too (which is pretty normal for a Dynamite book).

>>149572832
>there's Lovecraft Old Ones bullshit thrown in there
Well that makes sense for them considering they also own the rights to Red Sonja a conan the barbarian character.

>>149572046 (OP)
Why aren't they popular anymore? Because they depict scantily-clad white heroes in Africa, breaking two big modern taboos.

>>149572966
Not every jungle hero was a white guy or girl. There was actually one black guy, and he was actually made and written by a black cartoonist.

>>149573080
Ah, interesting!

>>149572966
Nowadays you want a jungle adventure story it's either black panther or nothing.

>>149573112
Also a lot of these old jungle characters are public domain and free to use, but the only ones I can think of that use them are Antarctic Press.

>>149573080
>all-negro comics

Jungle adventure fiction was big before comics were even a thing. Tarzan, The Lost World, Bomba the Jungle Boy, etc. Comics were lucky to have blown up before it went out of style.
Unfortunately, jungle adventure fiction was a product of the colonialism zeitgeist, so when that went out of fashion it left a bad stink that could have been purged if the frontier of space exploration hadn't captured people's interest and brought on the switch to science fiction. Even if you get past the racism, most of those old tropes are embarrassing just for how old they are at this point. It also doesn't help that as time went on the over all mystery of the jungle vanished as we figured out what was in them and started cutting them down.
I think the best way to do get that foot back in the door without getting anyone's panties in a bunch would be to keep the whole story native. No meddlers from civilization causing or solving problems, and no mighty whitey foundlings raised by tribes or animal packs. Just tell stories that take a look into a beautiful but dangerous and brutal world, following the people who are a part of it.

>>149573209
Could probably do one with the black B'wana Beast from vertigo Animal Man. No fucking clue what's going on with that guy in current year though

>>149573597
It's okay. The man writing the comics was black. He can use that word.

>>149572046 (OP)
Make them about killing disgusting browns and bleaching their bitches.

>>149572541
Who knows, it could be a lot of reasons, the whole world became mapped a long time ago, there are no real undiscovered frontiers left on Earth. Space sci-fi came along and that became a new frontier for people to think about. Then TV came out with a lot of nature shows where you could see the jungle and exotic locations on PBS every night and so the average person's curiosity was satisfied by that.

>>149573605
>Just tell stories that take a look into a beautiful but dangerous and brutal world, following the people who are a part of it.
So Primal?

>>149573660
>there are no real undiscovered frontiers left on Earth.
There are solutions to that. If writers are willing to use their imaginations.
>>149572271
>>149572399

>>149573659
Gross.

>>149573605
>I think the best way to do get that foot back in the door without getting anyone's panties in a bunch would be to keep the whole story native.
Is there no place for a character like Tarzan or Sheena in todays world?

>>149573656
Are those comics actually good? What kinds of heroes and stories besides the jungle guy?

>>149574213
The Ace Harlem comic is probably the best written one.

>>149572541
The whole world is mostly mapped and there's no more mysterious corners of the world, also the usual suspects don't like watching white male explorers exploring.