Cyst La Vie

Good day.
I am confined to home today, having suffered a cyst break early this morning. If, in case you don't know, I suffer from a condition called PolyCystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). I'm not gonna go into details here, but let's just say that it hurts.... A LOT !!
Anyhow, the reason why I brought that up is because I'm pretty much stuck in my bedroom. It also gives me a chance to do some reading.
For the past week, I've been digging some of my old favourites : The X-Men. That's right. I'm a bit of a comic book nerd. Not hard-core mind you, but I used to have a hundred dollar a week habit. Now I mostly just dabble. I can stop anytime I want!
I've been paging through a trade paper conglomeration of older X-Men comics called "The Essential X-Men vol. 2". The comics are dated from 1979 to 1981 and are expertly plotted out by Chris Claremont.
Having not dropped into the comic scene until 2000, I can tell you there sure are a difference between comics of then and now! To me (and this is just my opinion, please feel free to disagree) it seems that comic books of yore were more intricately plotted, and a whole hell of a lot wordier! I find them infinitely more fascinating and thrilling than those written today.
I'm not knocking today's comic scene, though. There are many great and wonderful series out there that still follow this formula.
Today's series are more picture based, where you need to rely on the actions of the characters in order to follow the storyline. Perhaps this is because more of today's artists are better at capturing body language than ever before. A colour or a style can certainly set a mood!
But, you know what? I miss the language. I miss the talking. I miss the way characters used to communicate with thought bubbles or just by speaking at length with each other. I miss the way Scott Summers and Logan used to battle over Jean by just trash talking. (Although, a well placed silent panel with them glaring at each other speaks volumes!)
I guess what I'm just trying to say is that in today's society, people don't seem to talk to each other enough. We're always finding new ways to alter language through slang or abbreviations. (Having a convo about your Mexico vacay? LOL!) This lack of speech seems to be leaking through to our comics. Are we really that busy not speaking to each other that we can't take the time to read speech bubbles and thought clouds?
As you can tell, I'm a wordy gal.
READ MORE! TALK MORE! TYPE MORE!
Please. And not just when you're stuck at home with nothing to read but comic books and cereal boxes.