DC Comics: Rebirth
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Of course, I think the Silver Age actually was on acid. 
From what I read on IGN, it sounds like it's going to be fairly standalone. There will be a few things in the comics set after it that hint at things we see in it, but that's about it.
Ultimately, sales and fan reception will have the last word. There's something to be said that the big sales success of Convergence (thanks to fans like me who didn't follow the New 52 books anymore, but bought a lot of Convergence books) paved the road for Rebirth. Similarly, if a concept in this Future State should prove successful, it will lead to that concept, or something similar, making its way into the DCU proper.
So, read the most recent issue of Young Justice, and Zeus is in it. But he was killed by Darkseid not that long ago in Wonder Woman, was he not? During the James Robinson run? Either I'm missing something, or editorial messed up.
They let Bendis do what ever he wants.
So far, that's been a...mixed blessing...at best (I preferred his Marvel stuff overall, even though I'm more of a DC guy generally speaking).
Like Morrison, he has the super power of editorial immunity.
I've always thought that Grant Morrison was at his best when he wasn't too big for editors. When people could tell him no and put limits on him, he put out some great work. As soon as he got too big for that, in my opinion his work really started to suffer.
Animal Man and early Doom Patrol Morrison is my favorite Morrison so I agree. It's similar with Geoff Johns. I love his early work. His JSA is one of my favorite runs. Same with his run on The Flash. But these days, now that he's a Big Name in the company? His books just don't thrill me.
After some pondering, I've decided to skip Future State. Nothing strikes me as "Oh, this I gotta read", some of it is actually more of the "Oh, hell no" variety (like The Flash), and January also sees the release of another Conan omnibus over at Marvel, and they just announced a Kull omnibus, so skipping FS will be a much needed relief for my wallet, as well.
I'm also considering dropping the ongoing Batman books, again. I'm really tired of the blockbuster-ization of the ongoing titles that has been creeping up since the success of Hush, and now after Morrison, Snyder and King really has become the norm. I much prefer the smaller scale, short pulpy detective stories, and for those I think I'll turn my attention to collections from the 80s and 90s Batman books, as well as the occasional mini-series and anthology (like the up-coming revived Black & White).
I'm also considering dropping the ongoing Batman books, again. I'm really tired of the blockbuster-ization of the ongoing titles that has been creeping up since the success of Hush, and now after Morrison, Snyder and King really has become the norm. I much prefer the smaller scale, short pulpy detective stories, and for those I think I'll turn my attention to collections from the 80s and 90s Batman books, as well as the occasional mini-series and anthology (like the up-coming revived Black & White).
Lately, I've been mostly going with the digital titles (Superman: Man of Tomorrow; Batman: Gotham Nights; the Wonder Woman, Flash and Aquaman ones--though the last two haven't had a new issue in a while now). They are sometimes two-parters but are largely self-contained, not bound by the needlessly complicated main continuity (Clark Kent is still a "secret identity", for example, and Iris West is like the one on TV--a person of colour). And, they're 99cents. A bonus for the wallet.
While I have read some digital comics, I do prefer print. Bit old-fashioned that way. I did enjoy those stories when they were the new material for the 100-page Giants, especially Mark Russell's work on Batman. It was a bummer when they decided to discontinue the Giants. But I think they'll do collected editions of those digital books in print, eventually, and I'm planning on getting them.
But there still are enough Batman comics from the 80s and 90s I haven't read, yet, so I'm actually okay with focusing on those collections for now.
But there still are enough Batman comics from the 80s and 90s I haven't read, yet, so I'm actually okay with focusing on those collections for now.
I've been all-digital since 2011 (when I discovered the comixology app for my iPad). The last good comics shop within reasonable distance to my house closed in the late 90s; I have zero room for storing all the comics I've gotten since 2011 if they were paper (I have nearly 5000 books in my house already, as well as over 3000 movies and probably the same number of CDs--shelf space is at a premium). Also, as my eyesight slowly erodes with age, I appreciate the "panel by panel" way of reading that's available. But I do like going through the roughly 3000 physical comics I already had before I moved to the digital platform--there is a gratifying feeling to the tactile sensation of holding a book, magazine, comic, newspaper, etc. that is absent from the digital world. But, at some point, I have to live with the space limitations.
I really liked the work Tom King and Robert Venditti did in the Superman giants, and was disappointed when the latter portion of Venditti's run went digital-only. Like you, I prefer print (actually, I don't do digital period), and also like you, I'm hoping those Venditti stories get a print collection. King's Superman: Up in the Sky has already been collected, and it's great stuff.
I know what you are saying here...I did exactly that for Convergence. And even though I have followed the adventures of Lois and Clark after their appearance in Convergence, I have never felt like I missed anything. I will keep an eye on the the March, April, May releases as they are announced but as of now January and February look like that Generations one-shot and the end of Death Metal. Maybe I will use my budget for those months to pick up some back issues or collections as well.
Among the lead characters of a new batch of Graphic Novels for kids 9-12 years of age is no other than John Constantine. Not quite the Watchmen Babies, but we're getting close.
"A friendly demon named Etrigan?"
Well, it's all relative.
