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DC Comics: Rebirth

The way crossovers have worked the past decade, you only need to read the main series. The tie-ins are almost entirely fluff. Secret Wars was particularly guilty of this; the tie-ins had almost nothing to do with the main story.
 
Savage Dragon said:
I just read an address Image Publisher Eric Stephenson gave recently that seems appropriate to this thread.

http://www.newsarama.com/28069-image-publishr-talks-at-comics-pro.html

It's a bit long but worth the read. I can't say I disagree with anything he said.
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I agree with a lot of what he said, especially about gimmicks, crossovers and publishing titles more than once per month. I'll be honest with you all of the above are taking a large chunk of my entertainment budget and logistically I'm running out of room storage wise (I'm not a fan of digital downloads as I feel it is too easy to lose what you've bought). I rreally wish these new rebirths were once a month, that would equate initially at least to five per month, Detective Comics, Batman, Action Comics, Superman and Wonder Woman. Now its 10 a month plus comics like the Batman 66/Man from Uncle crossover or miniseries like American Alien. I just can't do it. I mean what's better, me only buying 5 comics a month or none?
 
Someone really old, once said that their local library cut up Marvel Comics (in the 1960s) and respined those books into graphic novels collecting everything Marvel printed that month into chronological order.

If that happened today, would Marvel Freak out and send in lawyers?
 
I agree with Stephenson's point--the long term is more important than the short term. The only reason I do digital comics is because I live overseas and comixology has allowed me to get back to reading them regularly. I like that Image and a number of other publishers allows you to download copies permanently to your computer and that has moved me away from DC purchases. I like the Marvel concept of a yearly subscription to older titles and wish that DC would do the same. Both companies, however, are taking a long time to get their back catalogs uploaded.
 
Cheap LED wall projectors are %90 cheaper and last 5 times longer than the old fashion filament wall projectors... I saw a youtube were a boffin used 3 dollars worth of concave perspex from a craft store to turn a cellphone (or a tablet) into a Wall projector.

Digital comics where each page covers your entire ceiling as you lay on the floor and read.

Paper doesn't hold a candle.
 
Guy Gardener said:
Cheap LED wall projectors are %90 cheaper and last 5 times longer than the old fashion filament wall projectors... I saw a youtube were a boffin used 3 dollars worth of concave perspex from a craft store to turn a cellphone (or a tablet) into a Wall projector.

Digital comics where each page covers your entire ceiling as you lay on the floor and read.

Paper doesn't hold a candle.
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I love that idea!
 
I think the other thing that is really bad trend in the industry is the incentive cover. Forcing retailers to order hundreds, and sometime thousands of books just to get one cover is a shitty thing to do to both retailers and to fans. Retailers have no realistic hope of selling that many comics, and for many fans these comics will be completely out of reach. Valiant Comic's recent Book of Death: Legends of the Geomancer comes to mind.
 
Lately I've been thinking about trying to jump into some of the current comics next time they hit a good jumping on point, and I was thinking Rebirth might be that. But if they're going to be doing two-issues a month on a regular basis, then I'm not going to be getting any of those when the individual issues come out. I'm on a fairly limited budget, and I've had trouble justifying getting some comics once a month instead of just the occasional trade, if they're going up to two a month, then there is no way I'm getting them.
 
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Yeah, I am not a fan of two issues a month either. This might be a good jumping off point for a lot of people.
 
I agree with JD and Savage Dragon. The semi-monthly approach is completely the wrong way to go for DC. Even Eric Stephenson mentions that tactic in his speech quoted a few posts up as being inherently negative. It forces the buyers to limit their purchases to fewer titles a month if they want to follow their characters. If anybody wants to start a petition or group letter then I will sign, but I doubt that that would have an influence. Anybody with more social media savvy than me is welcome to take a shot.

In fact, looking at the titles it seems like DC is going to still be publishing around fifty two comics a month. The semi-monthly format just means that fewer of these titles will be looked at and only the main seven to ten DC heroes will be supported.
 
If they did what Marvel did with Amazing Spider-Man several years ago it could be good. Cancel all the Spider-Man books, except Amazing, then put everyone on Amazing, and churn the book out monthly, even though it's just all the old books consolidated and rebranded.

Imagine if All Batman comics were Detective Comics, and All Superman Comics were Action Comics, which leaves Batman Loves Superman (it's not called that? You know which one I'm talking about.) in a very Kramer vs Kramer situation.
 
Dan Slott is a machine and the art is shit.

Is it always the same shit art?

Have they found someone who can draw three books a month, or is there more than one penciler. Wouldn't it be sad if the fricking inker couldn't keep pace with the penciler?

Dan Slott destroyed the Weekly collaboration I talked about by 2 posts up by never needing a break.

"Dan please, we have 6 other guys who want a turn writing Spider-Man!"

'Not finished, not finished, not finished, Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Sider-Man, I'm an excellent Spider-Man, excellent Spider-Man."
 
I think Slott has probably had one of the longest consistent runs with the same character I've seen in a while, except maybe Johns on Green Lanter.
 
I love Dan Slott on Spider-Man. I've always liked Spidey but I think the "Brand New Day" "Superior" "Big Time" era has been the best since the Larsen McFarlane days.
 
But Guy, have you seen the number of bi-weeklies? Basically, every major DC character now has a bi-weekly title and Superman, Batman, and Justice League have four issues a month.
 
Well, both Batman and Superman had four simultanous monthly titles before. Back in the 90s, Superman even had a semi-regular title that was published on the fifth wednesdays, so that there was a new Superman book every week of the year.

The rest, though, is new. And, as stated earlier, I expect several of those bi-weekly books to go back to monthly pretty soon.
 
Kai "the spy" said:
Well, both Batman and Superman had four simultanous monthly titles before. Back in the 90s, Superman even had a semi-regular title that was published on the fifth wednesdays, so that there was a new Superman book every week of the year.

The rest, though, is new. And, as stated earlier, I expect several of those bi-weekly books to go back to monthly pretty soon.
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I actually bought the weekly Superman titles for a while, but I always bought two or three titles a week. I am more concerned by the number of titles going by-weekly.

I agree that most won't last that long and my plan now is to wait for the inevitable sales on comixology to pick them up at 99 cents until they go back to monthly.
 
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