Fuck DC

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Originally Posted by Krylo

Pretty sure it would be unwise of Brian to say if he thought it was a terrible idea on a public forum, considering DC is still a potential employer in the future.

Good point.

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by POS Industries

Okay, can someone explain to me what the fuck Tim Drake is wearing?

It's like the worst parts of the nineties puked up all over him.

Originally Posted by POS Industries

We'll get to Connor Kent in a minute here but seriously what the fuck is Tim wearing?!

My biggest regret is that I started cracking "Jersey Shoreboy" jokes six months/a year ago because they'd all be so much better now.

[Kurosen]

Originally Posted by The Sevenshot Kid

I'm curious, what do you think about the reboot as a professional writer? Do you think it's a legitimate chance at reinvigorating the DCU or is it pretty much just a stunt?

Well, as a writer I don't like it because most of my DC pitches work only if there is no reboot. I don't know enough about the reboot to properly wrap my head around these characters or their world anymore.

As a fan I've never liked big reboots. I'm happy to ignore yesterday's continuity for the sake of today's content. You guys saw this all over 8BT.

My hope is that it works out. More readers is good for the industry.

Pretty sure it would be unwise of Brian to say if he thought it was a terrible idea on a public forum, considering DC is still a potential employer in the future.

Ha, I don't know. I've sent about 20+ pitches in the wake of the Firestorm Fiasco. By and large, the comics I want to write and the characters I want to read about don't fall in line with DC or Marvel's modern philosophies. It may be that sending these pitches is merely proving to DC to an absurd degree of accuracy that I'm not built to their specifications ;D

[Aerozord]

Originally Posted by Kurosen

don't fall in line with DC or Marvel's modern philosophies.

what exactly are these philsophies? Nearest I can tell their tactic is to hype up a major change, but really just use it as a way to reboot so they can redo the old stuff.

[Kurosen]

The emphasis on the "importance" of events, their tie-ins, and spin-offs.

I tend to gravitate toward stories like, "What if Gravity and Darkhawk were roommates?"

[Token]

Originally Posted by Kurosen

"What if Gravity and Darkhawk were roommates?"

There is now nothing in the world I want to see more than Guy Gardner and Booster moving in with the Waynes.

[Magus]

I kind of wish their strategy with this rebooit had been to consolidate their comic book titles. Why is there a Justice League and a Justice League International (especially when Batman is in both for some reason probably related to Batman Inc. or something)? Why is there a Batman and a Batman and Robin? The only reason is to have comics that conclude with an exhortation to go buy the other comics in that particular "family" (I absolutely hated reading Batman and then having it end with "see the conclusion next month in Detective Comics") in order to sell more comics. It's pretty annoying to have to buy multiple series to see the whole story, which is why I probably won't be buying the "main" comics but will instead continue with the "offshoots" (Batman Inc., Batman: The Dark Knight, Batman Beyond, etc.).

[Archbio]

Don't forget "Justice League Dark."

They kind of wanted to recreate the nineties... but they didn't want to put too much thought into that.

[Amake]

I'll go with Brian Michael Bendis: There should be no need for "events" because every single book should be an event. Like if you do make a comic about Gravity and Darkhawk (whoever they are) being roommates, I'm sure you'd like to make reading that book an eventful, maybe life-changing experience.

Query: How many titles published by DC over the last year does DC implicitly say you don't need to read, compared to the big event books you presumably need to read because they're super important and cool?

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Originally Posted by Magus

I kind of wish their strategy with this rebooit had been to consolidate their comic book titles. Why is there a Justice League and a Justice League International (especially when Batman is in both for some reason probably related to Batman Inc. or something)? Why is there a Batman and a Batman and Robin? The only reason is to have comics that conclude with an exhortation to go buy the other comics in that particular "family" (I absolutely hated reading Batman and then having it end with "see the conclusion next month in Detective Comics") in order to sell more comics. It's pretty annoying to have to buy multiple series to see the whole story, which is why I probably won't be buying the "main" comics but will instead continue with the "offshoots" (Batman Inc., Batman: The Dark Knight, Batman Beyond, etc.).

The above is why I try and stick to trades. I'd rather wait a couple months to get the whole story than have to go treasure hunting at my local comic shop. The only series that I would bother to seek out individual issues for is Atomic Robo but the shop doesn't carry it.

Chances are that I will start buying more single issues when the reboot/revamp hits (mostly out of curiosity and, yes, cause it's a jumping on point for several series) because of my newfound ability to actually drive out to the shop myself. So I guess DC wins this round.

I'll probably keep buying trades until then.