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Fyrcyning wrote:For me personally, it's been an overwhelming success. A great jump-off point for practically all new DC books I had been reading! My wallet and my limited shelf space thank DC. Now, if only Marvel rebooted their whole universe, I could drop their new titles as well and concentrate solely on collected editions of old books.
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srca1941 wrote:4) When I asked if the reboot was a success, a failure, or something in-between, I meant to you personally. Sales-wise it's obviously successful (like any big "event" I'm sure), and you can always find critics who will go one way or another, but I'm interested in personal opinions. To those who have added and stuck with DC books because of this, it's obviously a success. To people like me who have been loyal to DC for years, and are now ready to drop (or who have already dropped) most of their books for one reason or another, then it's obviously a failure. I used the example of the little girl and Wonder Woman because it was one of DC's goals to capture new readership. Is a 5-6 year old likely to be a monthly reader anythime soon? No, but everyone has to start somewhere, and maybe she would buy again in the future. Scarring off the parents of these potential buyers isn't going to help.
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It'd really be nice if DC had some all-ages titles that weren't in the animated style, but just traditional comics that could appeal to both younger kids and older collectors...
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Specifically, there has been a major stride upward in quality and consistency in the 'core' character titles (Action, Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, Batman and Robin, Aquaman, Wonder Woman) and there are 'fringe' character books which are excellent (Swamp Thing, Animal Man, Batwoman, Frankenstein, I Vampire, All Star Western, Stormwatch). And there are some books which are surprisingly, consistently entertaining (Supergirl, Birds of Prey, Legion of Superheroes, Demon Knights, Catwoman, Green Lantern Corps, Batman: Dark Knight).
Are you doing the Reader's Digest versions of your posts now? Thank You!!!I prefer it to the normal 20 pages of repetitious posts.
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May 12 12 9:55 AM
dc newton wrote:Specifically, there has been a major stride upward in quality and consistency in the 'core' character titles (Action, Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, Batman and Robin, Aquaman, Wonder Woman) and there are 'fringe' character books which are excellent (Swamp Thing, Animal Man, Batwoman, Frankenstein, I Vampire, All Star Western, Stormwatch). And there are some books which are surprisingly, consistently entertaining (Supergirl, Birds of Prey, Legion of Superheroes, Demon Knights, Catwoman, Green Lantern Corps, Batman: Dark Knight). What makes the 4 books I've bolded so good since the relaunch?
May 12 12 10:09 AM
OwlzinDaBarn wrote:If they wanted fresh, new comics they shouldn't have rehired the same old hacks that were driving DC Comics into the ground in the first place.
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Fin Fang Foom wrote:It'd really be nice if DC had some all-ages titles that weren't in the animated style, but just traditional comics that could appeal to both younger kids and older collectors... I think I'd like to see more comic books that were more accessible to a more wide range of potential readers -- they wouldn't necessarily have to be written down to a younger audience (kids often seem to gravitate to something intended for a slightly older audience, anyway). But that would require an much more substantial re-think than what DC attempted here -- and much better Editorial talent and vision, too.
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May 12 12 4:19 PM
Scarlet Speedster wrote:Fin Fang Foom wrote:It'd really be nice if DC had some all-ages titles that weren't in the animated style, but just traditional comics that could appeal to both younger kids and older collectors... I think I'd like to see more comic books that were more accessible to a more wide range of potential readers -- they wouldn't necessarily have to be written down to a younger audience (kids often seem to gravitate to something intended for a slightly older audience, anyway). But that would require an much more substantial re-think than what DC attempted here -- and much better Editorial talent and vision, too.Amen to that.And honestly, I think that aiming superheroes books exclusively (or almost) to an adult audience, well, long-term is a very shortsighted move. If kids don't fall in love with comics around that age because comics aren't suitable for them, they probably never will. And the old guard readers won't be around forever.There's no need to think that comics that can be read by children have to be dull. I grew up with the comics of the late seventies and of the eighties. I would gladly give a kid Simonson's Thor to read, or Byrne's FF as those were all-ages books. And where they dull or childish? Absolutely not, quite the opposite. They were simply awesome, and had a lot more depth than many of today's gore-infested books.
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