Just speaking personally; I'm 30 years old and will still dabble in graphic novels and comic books here and there. I would say DWJ's work and Absolute Batman got me back into the medium. My personal philosophy is "you can find a good story in ANYTHING, you just gotta listen" and reading Frank Miller's "Push the Wall" sparked the light in me to write my graphic novel. I use to think Alan Moore was just bitter old man for not working out a better deal; then ya get older and realize "ahh, he really did get screwed over".