tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post1636269626118983848..comments2024-03-27T19:22:03.112-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Sales Review: April 2014Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-52331842125456166722014-05-28T12:01:32.949-04:002014-05-28T12:01:32.949-04:00One other thought: sometimes less is more.
Comic...One other thought: sometimes less is more. <br /><br />Comic readers are obsessive collectors (some stereotypes are true ...). Instead of 52 meh titles, scale back to 30 amazing titles. <br /><br />Be brutal and cull the crap from the line. <br /><br />This serves two purposes:<br /><br />1. It allows the collectors to "collect them all" - crossovers or not.<br /><br />2. It provides great entertainment and value versus feeling like you just flushed $3 - $5 down the toilet.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-27056094961392972452014-05-28T11:58:33.345-04:002014-05-28T11:58:33.345-04:00I have a son who is just starting to get in to com...I have a son who is just starting to get in to comics. There are no DC comics that I would trust to give him as they all feature blood, dismemberment, death, and gore. Is this really what the market wants? <br /><br />This is not new reader friendly. It's not children appropriate certainly. And frankly, I don't think it's adult appropriate. If I want to see that stuff, I will go rent a Tarrantino film. <br /><br />Luckily I have old trades that I can share with my son.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-67046319456878232342014-05-22T09:45:49.784-04:002014-05-22T09:45:49.784-04:00None taken Cesar. I have commented on what I like ...None taken Cesar. I have commented on what I like and don't like in the New 52. I think for me the whole point is that every book seems to be dark and gritty. I don't mind reading some books like that. But I'd like other tones as well at DC. It's hard to come by.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-7311308569100430992014-05-22T08:12:19.593-04:002014-05-22T08:12:19.593-04:00Sorry didn't mean to offend its just the vibe ...Sorry didn't mean to offend its just the vibe I seem to get around the internet. Regarding the N52 or even the superman movie. Too be fair I didn't read anything prior to the reboot so I guess quality could be different I just know I'm enjoying these books a lot and the N52 is what got me into buying comics. cesar424https://www.blogger.com/profile/01543546720513633617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-5395816904774998662014-05-22T06:57:50.410-04:002014-05-22T06:57:50.410-04:00It isn't as if I want to read comics like when...It isn't as if I want to read comics like when I was a kid, Cesar. <br /><br />It is that there should be a variation of tone and an understanding of potential audience. Ultraviolence in Vertigo ... or even Green Arrow ... okay.<br /><br />Ultraviolence in the company-wide crossover? Seems like too much. It shouldn't be in that book.<br /><br />But I am used to the 'you are old and out of touch Anj' rant. I hear it a lot.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-88893450966942238572014-05-21T23:37:34.944-04:002014-05-21T23:37:34.944-04:00I'm new to comics, starting only this Jan but ...I'm new to comics, starting only this Jan but I LOVE DC. I can't seem to get into much marvel. I agree with what some others say about delays and maybe an over use of crossovers, but I still like the majority of the stories. I feel like a lot of hate is cause things are not the same as they were when readers were kids. I get it but everything changes. Some things need some tweaking but overall I'm digging N52.cesar424https://www.blogger.com/profile/01543546720513633617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-63205895133110035622014-05-18T19:55:08.014-04:002014-05-18T19:55:08.014-04:00Thanks so much for all the comments. I find it int...Thanks so much for all the comments. I find it interesting to hear all these comments lamenting the direction of DC.<br /><br />As for Batwoman's marriage, Anon, DC has canceled them all. That too is sort of sad.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-25895969687590892832014-05-18T08:02:12.001-04:002014-05-18T08:02:12.001-04:00I'll go back to Batwoman when DC announces she...I'll go back to Batwoman when DC announces she's getting married. Until then, I *want* it to fail and be cancelled.<br /><br />Fans of the original creative team left the title deliberately to send a message to DC. Sales aren't faltering due to lack of interest, the book is dying due to *active* disinterest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-6311499118536471362014-05-16T06:10:55.089-04:002014-05-16T06:10:55.089-04:00That sad looking pie-chart is nothing but the con...That sad looking pie-chart is nothing but the consequences of a commitment to "cheap heat" & short term profits that have been the hallmarks of the New 52 from the git-go.<br />A particularly obnoxious and tasteless cabal of buffoons seem to have taken over the company where this all ends I cannot say.<br />But then again these are people willing to traffick in decapitation imagery vis a vis Black Canary...their clear preference is to double down on appalling story choices...and they will keep doing that right up to bankruptcy.<br /><br />JohnFeer<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-38114711443758911092014-05-15T11:57:14.596-04:002014-05-15T11:57:14.596-04:00DC sent me a brief quick questionnaire thing by em...DC sent me a brief quick questionnaire thing by email the other day..... which I filled out on the basis of a free digital comic!<br /><br />They were asking questions like "Do you prefer gritty or light stories?", "Do you like troubled characters or straightforward heroic ones?" etc. OK, I can't remember the questions *exactly* but they were that sort of tone. I felt that they were trying to see if they were doing the right thing with their current "direction" (if it can be called that?!) but it wasn't really very in-depth and the lack of overall options really probably just reinforced what they already want to hear rather than give them any genuinely useful feedback.<br /><br />Anyway, the real point I would have liked to have made is this: I *HATE* crossover events. I HATE crossovers in general. Why would I want to invest to much time (and MONEY) into reading multiple titles just so I could understand what was going on in, say, Supergirl? Maybe Marvel are just the same, I don't know, but they don't appear to have this "you've got to read five/six/seven/forty three titles a month to keep up" thing going on.<br /><br />I feel the whole "New 52" thing has gotten out of hand and just smacks of pure greed on the part of DC and the effects are starting to show. It's as if they're relying on hardcore fans to almost buy all 52 titles per month (assuming they've actually come out on schedule!). Rather than try and appeal to all sorts of people by having [potentially] 52 different comics per month, they've put all their eggs in one basket and you can't sustain a market by relying on a small bunch of hardcore fans. Without your "casual" readers (i.e. ones who maybe just want to follow one title or just buy different titles every so often just because they can or the story in that issue looks good) you're dead in the water and it's starting to show in the lack of sales.<br /><br />I dunno, maybe it's just because I'm older but I'd always rather choose a "vanilla" standalone / self-contained series where I don't need to know what's happening elsewhere (case in point, the recent-ish Power Girl series) or, dare I say it, a non-superhero based one. They seem to be more innovative and aren't prone to mood swings every other month.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-72777357595378773792014-05-14T15:37:26.966-04:002014-05-14T15:37:26.966-04:00[A sympathetic rant to follow…]
When I started bu...[A sympathetic rant to follow…]<br /><br />When I started buying comics they were almost entirely from DC; I grew up on the Justice League and JL Unlimited TV series, the Batman Beyond and Batman TV series, and those were the comics that I wanted to see. I came in a few months before the New 52 shake-up and so I decided to wait it out and collect some number ones. That' how I ended up finding Supergirl--a character that I knew almost nothing about--amongst some Batman, Justice League, and Wonder Woman. Now, though, I feel lost in the DC universe--and it's only 2.5 years old! I don't have the money or the time to collect crossover after disappointing crossover, let alone weekly "event" comics, or the constant interstitial events such as "Villain's Month" or "Forever Evil" that just disrupt the release schedule of comics that I'm waiting for…. <br /><br />That being said, I'll still buy a few titles. But now, a strong part of me wants to jump on Marvel's X-Men (another TV show I grew up on) given their recent reinterpretation of the main X groups after the banal Phoenix events. Is this a betrayal? What titles are worth it? Any thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-6961778635391516252014-05-14T12:46:59.326-04:002014-05-14T12:46:59.326-04:00Marvel definitely has the right idea. They let the...Marvel definitely has the right idea. They let their creators tell the story they want to tell and they have a wide range of books that aren't all grim and gritty. Their big events come out on time and are usually pretty good. Their heroes more or less get along and like one another.<br /><br />DC has alienated a lot of writers and artists and seem to think that every book needs to be dark and the heroes need to be misunderstood and full of angst and hopefully killers as well. Their big events aren't that great and never seem to end. I mean Forever Evil is just now ending after nine months. I could not tell you what happened in the last issue of FE right now without pulling the issue out.<br /><br />Same for Superman Unchained. Though that one was doomed to fail from the start with Jim Lee doing the art. The man can't keep to a schedule no matter what. That book should have been a huge success but much like FE delays have kept it from gaining any traction.<br /><br />It seems like most of the DC heroes don't like one another or at the least tolerate each other. But for the most part a lot of the friendship that existed pre-New 52 is gone. I was amazed that Superman had never met Guy Gardner before the Red Daughter arc. <br /><br />As a huge Superman fan, it pains me to see the state of his books. Lois is barely used. Superman himself, especially in Lobdell's book, comes across as a jerk. He's hated and feared by most of the population. Which is only going to get worse after this Doomed arc. He is once again being attacked by the U.S. military. Superman, Supergirl, and Superboy don't get along or like one another. Supergirl has been an angry, unlikeable protagonist for a long time. Hopefully after the much better than I expected Red Daughter arc she will be a hero again and have a good relationship with Superman. Superboy has become a Silver Surfer knock-off and been replaced in his book with a mass murderer.<br /><br />Teen Titans became just as bad. There was mass murderer Superboy, and then Bart was revealed to be a mass murderer/terrorist/freedom fighter/whatever from the future who only went to the past to set up his trial where he could kill the leaders of the future government. Solstice murdered a man in cold blood so she could go to prison with Bart. And yet Lobdell redeems Harvest in the last issue of Teen Titans. Yeah, the guy who has murdered, tortured, and kidnapped multiple teens is essentially made out to be not that bad of a guy in the end. Seriously, look at Teen Titans and Marvel's Young Avengers. There's no comparison. TT became absolute crap filled with unlikeable characters (save for Bunker) while Young Avengers was a great, critically acclaimed book.<br /><br />Okay, I went on a much longer rant than I meant to. But like you I love DC. I buy maybe two or three Marvel books. Everything else is DC. So it pains me to see the state that the books are in. Yes, Batman is doing fantastic. But there's more to DC than Batman and I wish the bigwigs would figure that out. I want a Superman that inspires people and actually likes and gets along with the other Super characters and the military. I want a Teen Titans book where the majority of the characters aren't unlikeable killers. I want Kon back in Superboy having fun adventures and not constantly talking about how he's a weapon. I want a Supergirl that isn't fill of rage and hate and that doesn't throw boats at Superman. It's not like I'm asking for the moon here.<br />-CJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com