tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post3884922629660306159..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: DC's September's previews reviewedCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-81451614538233720642011-06-18T22:37:19.109-07:002011-06-18T22:37:19.109-07:00I think Ty Chilton hit it on the head: "Nothi...I think Ty Chilton hit it on the head: "Nothing in any of the 52 listed creators or titles is new AND fresh" and "The fact that Darwyn Cooke didn't get to do it however he wanted" kinda sums it up for me. <br /><br />This reboot smells an awful lot like more of the same editorial committee top-down writing approach to the DC Universe that has made this 'reboot' necessary in the first place. <br /><br />IMHO, the best thing that DC Universe editorial could do right now is stop planning the universe's events and simply let good writers loose to do whatever the best they can without editorial edicts and mandatory crossovers and event comics for at least a year, preferably two. <br />Ideally it should all have been a total reboot, with the new DC Universe being built up the same way the Marvel Universe was in the 60s + 70s eg: as writers felt the storytelling need or not. Use a DCU 'Bible' for intial premises and costumes (Only of the 52 titles) and use a DC company internal Wiki so that it is easy enough for writers and artists to not contradict each other across books, and they could then be simply be trusted to write whatever stories they like - with editorial checking the wikis to avoid any contradictions. <br />That way, each book would stand and fall on the strength of the talent involved and the overall quality of the books might improve as the talent would also have a solid year to get their act together. <br />The first 12 issues of, say, the top 26 best-selling titles could be packaged in nice looking but cheapish hardcovers as "XXX Title DCnU Year One" just in time for Xmas 2012 in the bookstores and direct market, whilst the TPBs are readied for summer 2013. The bottom 26 poor sellers are simply quitely taken out the back and put down and replaced with 12 new titles at the rate of one a month so that full publicity and hype can be given to them by DC marketing and readers can afford to check them out knowing that the talent are also able and expected to devote their best efforts to this new title because it is something they actually genuinely want to create as opposed to editorial mandating a title or storyline and assigning it to them.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412160256764555691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-91430961557912473532011-06-18T16:56:43.473-07:002011-06-18T16:56:43.473-07:00@ty, can't wait to see your blog! YOu have yo...@ty, can't wait to see your blog! YOu have your first post in the comment sections here!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-88240479674784520512011-06-18T13:43:46.142-07:002011-06-18T13:43:46.142-07:00Part 2 sorry if I am rambling fool
Never going to...Part 2 sorry if I am rambling fool<br /><br />Never going to care about sex, race, religion of the people involved in producing my entertainment. Just dazzle the reader for decent value. Can't give enough kudos for 2.99 price, but if the experiment fails, I see $4.00 comics with a vengenance. <br /><br />If the PR and marketing I've read is to be believed, the point of this September Quickening is to revitalize your comic books. Not retread it.<br /><br />Nothing in any of the 52 listed creators or titles is new AND fresh. As most can see/tell, it is a lot of "chip shuffling" with not one new character being featured in a title (Blue Beetle is most recent and that was 5 years ago). Unless there is a great story/idea written with distinctive quality art splashed all over the pages, there doesn't need to be a title out there just because another cycle has come and gone and "Captain Chili" needs to be out in a comic for Trademark purposes. This is the time to get it all 100% perfect.<br /><br />Grant Morrison gets mentioned as a lockshow, sure fire creator based on most in the comic world universally give praise to All-Star Supes and his Batman is equally or approaching the same levels. But again, that is a form of retread, working off past glories. A Superboy, Smallville, year one Clark is iffy quasi-New and Fresh idea at best (& not as good as Batman Inc. by a country mile). And Legal Affairs, District Court necessitated at worst.<br /><br />After that, it is the same old same old. Throughout the whole line. But with 52 books, there is not enough A-level talent to fit into the 52 slots. The "sausage making" of this 52 issue experiment is beyond most people's insight or purview, but I just feel there is a lot of stop gap grizzled workhorse product filling the gaps between 10-12 potentially great titles. And how is that different from September 2010? From September 2005?<br /><br />Oh well, it is fun times in Funny Book world that's for sure. The meek will get pinched, the bold will survive. I will keep reading comics of all shapes and sizes.<br /><br />PS. The fact that Shazam didn't get a book is a crime of gigantic proportions. My one greedy, me-first wish.<br /><br />The fact that Darwyn Cooke didn't get to do it however he wanted, is bordering on crimes against humanity.Tyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289673395726968877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-3036502711252313562011-06-18T13:43:07.730-07:002011-06-18T13:43:07.730-07:00DC. their plan of attack and the revitalization of...DC. their plan of attack and the revitalization of the monthly comic book still looks extremely dodgy.<br /><br />As others have said, you don't wish death and scorched earth, but it sure will be a barrel of fun to see the carnage that comes from this bold new initiative from the brain trust of Johns, Didio, Lee, Harras, Rood, Caldon & Nelson.<br /><br />I join the peanut gallery in saying the $3/2 bucks digital comics is a non-entity for me.<br /><br />I currently only get 4 DC comics. Detective, Xombi, Thunder Agents and Batman Inc. Not a big list.<br /><br />When the September "Quickening" happens, I will be getting Action, Batman, Frankenstein, Resurrection Man and the DC Universe Presents. 1 additional title. (When and how and if Batman Inc. comes out, I ain't holding my breath)<br /><br />The fact that non Bat/Supes titles in each list, basically didn't/won't sell well is pretty obvious. To each their own, right.<br /><br />Is it any stretch at all to think that "16" titles of this list of 52 comics will be below the Comic Mendoza line, unprofitable, etc. immediately. That HALF will be there by January of 2012. Wildstorm, First Wave and Red Circle have the broken bones and open chest wounds to prove that. You just have to dig them up out of their shallow, fresh graves.<br /><br />There seems to be a feeling, at least for me, of long time DC comic fans just pulling the old "Wait and See" card HARD. Add the general apathy, event fatigue, economic malaise, and comics-don't-need-rebooting feeling that long time fans have right at this moment. The real (but mystery to what degree) ?? factor is all the delays, fill ins, temporary gigs involved in the new comics. Many titles/creators/company execs will face a shit storm when they start happening. So, the monthlies get no love right out of the gate (generic statement I know). It just increases the cannibalization of the 20 pg., by the collected edition. Why experiment on DC's shot in the dark, when one can wait it out, hear what reveiwers say and feel about the creme de la creme of the DC Universe 3.0.<br /><br />(Interesting that so far there is no mention of specs for a regular softcover collected edition yet. E.g. a regular softcover for the new Firestorm is now 100 pgs/five issues for the cover price of 12.99 and won't be on sale until Xmas of 2012, in hopes of getting more late comers to try it digital. Who knows?)<br /><br />As a comic book shop cannot compete with online discounts of collected editions, the local comic store gets 2 barrels of economic mayhem. The local shops are the ones in real danger of being put up against the wall.<br /><br />The other element that strikes me as odd is that nothing monumental is being done. It seems like their talent search was done on the cheap, rushed, 1/2 assedly, etc. Beyond another needed JLA reboot with an artist who cannot cut it on a monthly, is Action Comics. Grant Morrison & Rags Morales is only the 2nd WOW, 5 star, A+++, title on the list. (I am sure Aquaman & Wonder Woman will have a semi nice start, but I remain unconvinced of their long term survival or success).Tyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289673395726968877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-51336428637891909092011-06-17T14:52:56.875-07:002011-06-17T14:52:56.875-07:00The only way I'm buying that Stormwatch series...The only way I'm buying that <i>Stormwatch</i> series is if it's 22 pages of J'onn beating up Apollo every month. The big guy deserves to be in a book where he actually wins a fight once in a while.JohnFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339402431610031589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-82601711283861664212011-06-17T10:25:29.530-07:002011-06-17T10:25:29.530-07:00"Meet Batwing, the Batman of Africa!"
D..."Meet Batwing, the Batman of Africa!"<br /><br />Does no one in DC understand that Africa is a continent, one that's significantly larger than the US or Europe?<br /><br />Would it be so hard to say "Meet Batwing the Batman of the Congo/Zimbabwe/Sudan/Somalia/where ever?"<br /><br />Whenever I see something like this I just know we're going to a get a book where the author's reseearch consisted of watching a few Tarzan films.Kid Kyotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06831945346163986586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-42763223943580988002011-06-16T19:46:42.587-07:002011-06-16T19:46:42.587-07:00@D I totally understand what you are saying. I am...@D I totally understand what you are saying. I am personally dropping my entire pull list as it looks today, and will be switching over to some of the newer titles that are less familiar. I will eventually get back on track, but I have to ease myself into this. <br /><br />So for me, it looks like I will be reading Demon Knights, Frankenstein, Justice League dark, and possibly Jonah hex. Sad thing is that this cuts my pull list significantly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-26621844546137352302011-06-16T18:10:51.220-07:002011-06-16T18:10:51.220-07:00I was pretending it was 1986 again & comics on...I was pretending it was 1986 again & comics only cost 75 cents while I was making up my pretend pull list and listed 18 books I would buy out of the 52. Back in the real 86 I was probably buying 20-25 DC books regularly. Of course, at 2.99 a pop, I'm gonna be a lot pickier. A lot of these new series (Titans,Suicide Squad, the Wildstorm imports, the lesser Bat-books) look like real losers. Considering that out of the remaining 4 DCU books I currently buy only Jonah Hex seems to be coming back in familiar form I think I'm going to say good-bye to the DC Universe & monthly comics after 35 years.dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17930839843785690802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-35536423433824402362011-06-16T14:13:04.850-07:002011-06-16T14:13:04.850-07:00I like gigantic posts.I like gigantic posts.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16102795137070673649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-25885995520017629482011-06-16T13:51:15.213-07:002011-06-16T13:51:15.213-07:00Here's what I don't get - why does the sol...<i>Here's what I don't get - why does the solicit for the second SUICIDE SQUAD TPB say that it contains "#7-12"? The first one had #1-8. If that's not just a typo (which it likely is, considering that the JLI issue mentioned was continued in #13), I hope someone catches it before they reprint two full issues</i><br /><br />Especially since the "Nightshade Odyssey" storyline ran in issues #14-16. I suspect this collection is for #9-16 and that JLI issue. Fingers crossed anyway...Akcoll99https://www.blogger.com/profile/01098181237461491921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-89388817892584123502011-06-16T11:22:26.431-07:002011-06-16T11:22:26.431-07:00Here's what I don't get - why does the sol...Here's what I don't get - why does the solicit for the second SUICIDE SQUAD TPB say that it contains "#7-12"? The first one had #1-8. If that's not just a typo (which it likely is, considering that the JLI issue mentioned was continued in #13), I hope someone catches it before they reprint two full issues.Anthony Strandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170406011301084809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-36617822819766885432011-06-16T11:20:49.230-07:002011-06-16T11:20:49.230-07:00Have you seen the story on Newsrama about the Kill...<i>Have you seen the story on Newsrama about the Killing Joke remaining in the continuum?</i><br /><br />I saw it on The Beat, and then again on Newsarama. Not sure what any of it actually means though, since they're being vague.<br /><br />My best guess at the moment is that when The Flash/Whoever puts the DC Universe back together at the end of Flashpoint, they will severely alter parts of it. Which, of course, just makes DC continuity that much more confusing (For example, maybe the Killing Joke happened, but then in the latest continuity adjustment, it didn't happen...so it happened, but then was changed, and the only ones who know are, um, the readers...?) I don't know; we'll see.<br /><br />I'm growing really fascinated by this whole endeavor as someone who watches DC Comics as a publisher, but am pretty disinterested as someone who reads DC Comics as a reader/fan.<br /><br /><br /><i>Your numbering on Firestorm back issues are way off. 5 issues, than 100 straight issues, than somewhere around 30 for the last series.</i><br /><br />You're right. I was just going off of Comics.org's listings, and they use different entries for when books change titles. So the latest Firestorm actually launched in 2004 and lasted 22 inches, and then changed it's title in 2006 to <em>Firestorm: The Nuclear Man</em> (and thus getting a new comics.org entry) and lasted 13 more issues. <br /><br />Same thing with the 1982 series, which went from <i>Fury of Firestorm</i> to <i>Firestorm: The Nuclear Man</i>.<br /><br />I'll fix that in the post.Calebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-84220265727225955602011-06-16T08:33:32.617-07:002011-06-16T08:33:32.617-07:00Oh god...oh man...oh god....oh man...
(I'm hav...Oh god...oh man...oh god....oh man...<br />(I'm having a "Tough Guys Don't Dance" flashback...yep..)<br /><br />Good thing I already only follow comics in Trade rather than with on-going issues... And it's not those awful redesigns and doubtful relaunched books that will convince me otherwise.<br />At least, the Johnny DC line seems pretty safe, right?<br /><br />By the by, the Brave and the Bold Cartoon Comic will still be released in September? Won't the cartoon's last season be over this summer?...does this mean we're getting a new "surprise" season next year?? (I sure wish it)Eyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350758607787528425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-77299277768728467192011-06-16T08:15:32.673-07:002011-06-16T08:15:32.673-07:00So what happened to DC Online Legends or whatever ...So what happened to DC Online Legends or whatever it was called. Is it just skipping a month?Patrick Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244280974612331889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-15676455688433491522011-06-16T07:46:17.465-07:002011-06-16T07:46:17.465-07:00I think that only JLA's first storyline takes ...I think that only JLA's first storyline takes place in the past.doronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01167229290747309670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-58360423707231427862011-06-15T23:28:34.218-07:002011-06-15T23:28:34.218-07:00Your numbering on Firestorm back issues are way of...Your numbering on Firestorm back issues are way off. 5 issues, than 100 straight issues, than somewhere around 30 for the last series.Nicholas Ahlhelmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05651416360488414615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-84091605557986530312011-06-15T20:45:42.698-07:002011-06-15T20:45:42.698-07:00DC's strategy for Digital content stinks right...DC's strategy for Digital content stinks right now, and I expect that unless they make some major changes that will flop. I use Marvel's Digital unlimited and love it for $9.95 a month. I don't get new books, but I get to read books I would never pay money for. <br /><br />DC on the other hand charges near cover price for back issues, and I simply will not pay that much for something that has 0 Value. <br /><br />Have you seen the story on Newsrama about the Killing Joke remaining in the continuum? That will have to be some awfully creative writing to make that work with this mess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com