tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post6752821963198127241..comments2024-03-27T19:22:03.112-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Scott Lobdell On Superman ?Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-42070202136335083842012-05-03T12:50:24.843-04:002012-05-03T12:50:24.843-04:00Greg Rucka also doesn't have anything to do wi...<i>Greg Rucka also doesn't have anything to do with DC.</i><br />Was there a fallout?<br /><br />Paul Cornell is a good one to bring up, like Mark Bagley DC poached him from Marvel but I don't think they backed him up all that well and have let him slip into the long grass, out of sight. I can add plenty of writers to that list but as a counterbalance they've also wisely kept faith in the Green and Johnson partnership on the Superbooks, Kevin Maguire, Jeff Lumiere, James Robinson, Dan Jurgens and Keith Giffen. So maybe things are actually more flexible than we might give them credit for.Dave Mullenhttp://www.comicboards.com/superman/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-67103244548365975022012-05-03T04:49:43.059-04:002012-05-03T04:49:43.059-04:00Sadly, Chris Roberson will never work for DC again...Sadly, Chris Roberson will never work for DC again for the foreseeable future.<br /><br />Greg Rucka also doesn't have anything to do with DC.<br /><br />They could've relaunched the book with Paul Cornell, who did great work on Action pre-relaunch.<br /><br />Maybe Morrison should've written (or at least plotted) Superman, in addition to Action Comics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-62738131437541771782012-05-03T01:59:20.351-04:002012-05-03T01:59:20.351-04:00I've realized I trust Lobdell quite a bit; His...I've realized I trust Lobdell quite a bit; His Gen X run, Red Hood, and what I've read off the stand of Superboy and Teen Titans is all really good, and he is good at executing long term plans without decompressing single issues too much.<br /><br />That said, I agree with all of your reservations, and would add one other; why is DC editorial spreading so many books over single creators like this? Guys like Chris Roberson and Greg Rucka are floating out there and were doing great work at DC before the relaunch, yet Lobdell is doing four books. Not to mention all of the great talent not working there. I listened to an interview with Scott Weneger from Atomic Robo, and he had plenty of good ideas for Firestorm, and I think would easily do justice to a number of DC properties, but he's left out in the cold. Like most corporate entities, DC seems to be approaching talent from all the wrong angles.mathematicscorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439579069513071094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-13478537602504465642012-05-02T16:13:35.817-04:002012-05-02T16:13:35.817-04:00Gear said...
Somehow it feels like something's...<i>Gear said...<br />Somehow it feels like something's broken in the Superman editorial offices, and that it's carried over from before the reboot</i><br /><br />Agreed, I won't blame Matt Idelson as I'm not sure how much of the last few years worth of poor direction are his direct responsibility, as opposed to his superiors, but on the one hand I could well believe all of this is because Grant Morrison is considered the important player with Superman's direction and the 'Superman' book is secondary to hos Action Comics vision.... the problem with that idea is that I can't quite accept it. If Morrison IS considered the architect here then why hasn't DC got him plotting 'Superman' as well?!<br />All he seems to be is the writer of Action Comics, not the mastermind or director of <b>Superman</b>.<br /><br />Three writers in a year is extraordinary given the context though...Dave Mullenhttp://www.comicboards.com/superman/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-75649529260086941402012-05-02T13:28:03.915-04:002012-05-02T13:28:03.915-04:00Thanks for the comments. As I said, I'm not da...Thanks for the comments. As I said, I'm not damning Lobdell's book before it arrives. <br /><br />But this sense of instability on this book is unnerving.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-32362205099522697142012-05-02T11:59:33.246-04:002012-05-02T11:59:33.246-04:00I am wondering what is going on the "real&quo...I am wondering what is going on the "real" sales figures at DC?<br /><br />Wondering if DC is expecting too many immediate hits right out of the box on every series of this 52 reboot. A HUGE mistake television companies learned the hard way and are still now suffering for it, years later.<br /><br />With an 5% new readers boost which they are steadily losing the longer it is going on. Will this ruthless, cold reboot be worth it to DC Comics in the long run?valerie21601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-71761147319574387502012-05-02T10:36:01.601-04:002012-05-02T10:36:01.601-04:00Seems like all those years f Superdickery are fina...Seems like all those years f Superdickery are finally paying their heavey tolls on poor Clark.<br /><br />Not hating Lodbell,as his Superboy is fantastic thus far and I enjoy his Titans and Red Hood,but he certainly isn't Superman material.His heroes are his own and that's something that doesn't quite work with Superman.Dantenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-43518751999172296552012-05-02T10:06:09.103-04:002012-05-02T10:06:09.103-04:00Somehow it feels like something's broken in th...Somehow it feels like something's broken in the Superman editorial offices, and that it's carried over from before the reboot. I was looking forward to what Levitz and Giffen were going to bring, now they're gone before they had the opportunity to get things spun up. <br /><br />This is just sad. Superman deserves better than this. The readers deserve better than this. And while I don't know what's going on behind the scenes I suspect that the writers deserve better than this.Gearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-37655241126512505662012-05-02T09:23:53.560-04:002012-05-02T09:23:53.560-04:00To which I can only say "Amen." And tha...To which I can only say "Amen." And that I guess I ought to be disturbed that my mind had already gone where the Bleeding Cool article went in the end .... For all that I'm liking Superboy and Teen Titans, the travesty that was Red Hood and the Outlaws #1 remains seared in my memory.Kent G. Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05432812900069534679noreply@blogger.com