DC to REBOOT???
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At lunch I looked at JLA #60 and there Dick and Donna turn out the lights and adjourn this incarnation of the JLA and there is zero indication he's not going to be Batman going forward after that issue either.
Geeze, how many "new" JLs have there been since the Crisis?
It sounds like, from comments made about Dick and Barbara, that even the in-continuity changes are going to happen between stories.
It sounds like, from comments made about Dick and Barbara, that even the in-continuity changes are going to happen between stories.
I've seen worse. I figured it would be actually annoying or at least embarrassing. It's just kind of dull. Which may be worse than being atrocious, I suppose.
^I don't think any of the character arcs are continuing from the solo books into the new continuity. Again the team of Teen Titans being introduced in the relaunch are meeting each other for the first time. DC has been very clear about this aspect of that book.
The commercial looks fine to me, but hell - it's a TV ad for drawings that don't move. There's a basic dissonance there. 
Are there artist problems?
On Blackhawks, each of the first three issues, have three different artists. The best...
Sounds like things are well in hand in the DCU....
On Blackhawks, each of the first three issues, have three different artists. The best...
Sounds like things are well in hand in the DCU....
Yeah, I think I saw that. I thought what was most interesting in the Bleeding Cool article, the exclusive Marvel artist who seems to be working for DC.
Well, assuming there are no time-travellers in DC's readership, I would assume the latter. I'm not leaving till the last issues of Action and Detective come out next week or the week after, either and I highly doubt many die-hards are dropping DC before getting the final issues, if they're going to drop it. All I'm going by are forum posts, blog reactions, and the fact at least two comic shops in my area are worried (and retailers would have a more firm grasp of trends than any of us outside the business), the fact DC's people are going to rather great lengths - almost to the "thou doth protest too much" level in trying to "reassure" people about the reboot (just read the end matter on the last few issues of any DC title).
So no, I'm fully expecting to be, as usual, disenfranchised and be one of a few. Just like with 3-D movies. All I can do is vote with my wallet. I bought $60 worth of comics today. $50 of that was DC. I usually average $40 but there were a couple of specials I bought too. If I drop DC, do the math.
I'm not a fortune teller, or a time traveller, so I can only cite what I'm seeing in terms of trends. And what I and others say holds as much weight ahead of the fact as those claiming any losses will be a "drop in the bucket" too, unless they've got a TARDIS hidden in their backyard. Solicitations from stores are meaningless, and so will be the first couple of months of sales and downloads. The true tale of the tape will be in 6 months or so as I said earlier and we'll see who is proven right.
Bear in mind, forgetting the renumbering issue and the cancellation of titles, and the recasting of characters, there's still also the question as to whether any of these 52 titles are actually going to be any good or not. If the reboot from a quality perspective ends up being 52 kinds of suck, or 52 Eisner Award potentials, that'll change the whole ballgame.
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Here's an interview with Peter Tomasai on "Batman and Robin" as he talks about the relaunch (repeating the company line that it was implemented to expand their readership) and the dynamic of Damian and Bruce.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=33905
This is one of the books I'm most looking forward to.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=33905
This is one of the books I'm most looking forward to.
Are they squeezing another issue of Detective out? I thought 881 was the final issue. Not that I'd mind another one.
^ I was under the impression that last week's issue was the finale as well. It wrapped up Dick's tenure as Batman pretty well as well as not giving an explanation of his transition to Nightwing. I'm thinking we're just going to be jumping into the new reality when the relaunch starts.
Maybe there will be a panel or two in the final issue of Flashpoint*. But I was hoping for a lot more than that. There's also the possibility of it being dealt with in flashbacks of some sort in the new titles (or maybe something in Batman, Inc?). I'm trying to be optimistic, though. I don't know what use it is "keeping the continuity" of certain titles if you decide to just skip over parts of the story. I mean how many issues did we get dealing with Dick getting used to being Batman? And we also got the lovely Battle for the Cowl miniseries. Ha ha.
*I'm sort of joking but wouldn't be surprised if something like this happened.
*I'm sort of joking but wouldn't be surprised if something like this happened.
Morrison won't address the continuity change in Batman, Inc. He just wants to finish his run in the way he originally intended.
I was thinking maybe there was a chance he shoehorned it into the one-shot coming this fall. That would be the last pre-relaunch tale published. But I'm sure you're right.
My point really is: how many, who have SAID they will quit, will ACTUALLY quit?
The internet is never hysterical. About anything. There is never hyperbole on the internet...
True. However, I bet they are actually more worried about digital distribution than the reboot.
This reboot--er, relaunch--is a great way for DC to get the word out about digital distribution, which for all printed material is going up.
That might be why the brick and mortar stores are worried... and not the reboot. How many have they gone through and survived?
So... an IF for you, as in, undecided... ok.
Emphasis mine.
So, in other words, if it's good, you'll stay. That makes sense.
But, then, even if they didn't reboot, would you have stayed if DC started sucking? Yes? No?
Obviously, they are hypothetical questions. But, when I hear general fanboy whining and foot stamping "I'm quitting DC!" and then it turns into... "Well, I'm quitting DC if this reboot isn't very good." It sorta loses it's power.
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