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Just staking my claim, gents.

alucardbarnivous wrote:Just staking my claim, gents.

We wouldn't have it any other way, sir!

Well played, Mr. Whitworth, well played.

And now you should rejoin the writing team.

Or else...

*pulls a talking toaster behind a curtain and puts a gun into its... head or whatever*

Rom bites it!

Spidey_82 wrote:And now you should rejoin the writing team.

Or else...

*pulls a talking toaster behind a curtain and puts a gun into its... head or whatever*

Rom bites it!

He'll do it, too! He's just that crazy!

alucardbarnivous wrote:Just staking my claim, gents.

Of course. What's with your new usename?

jaydee74 wrote:

alucardbarnivous wrote:Just staking my claim, gents.

Of course. What's with your new usename?

It's his Myspace handle. I think he tries to hide his true identity.

jaydee74 wrote:

alucardbarnivous wrote:Just staking my claim, gents.

Of course. What's with your new usename?

He's Dracula!

jaydee74 wrote:

alucardbarnivous wrote:Just staking my claim, gents.

Of course. What's with your new usename?

I use that sign-in everywhere. It's just at the WUMB where a display name option is offered, so that's the only board on the net I post where I can go by my name.

Spidey_82 wrote:And now you should rejoin the writing team.

Or else...

*pulls a talking toaster behind a curtain and puts a gun into its... head or whatever*

Rom bites it!

alucardbarnivous wrote:Just staking my claim, gents.

What are you an expert on?

Justin wrote:

alucardbarnivous wrote:Just staking my claim, gents.

What are you an expert on?

What's currently going on at Marvel.

Justin wrote:

alucardbarnivous wrote:Just staking my claim, gents.

What are you an expert on?

Comics, but mostly DC. Know alot about anime, too.

Spidey_82 wrote:
What's currently going on at Marvel.

Amazons Attack!: Good Idea or Great Idea?

DC Comics: What went wrong?

Metal Misfit wrote:DC Comics: What went wrong?

Editors. They're suppose to rein the talent in, but not tell them what to write/draw. When you start having editors tell you what they want instead of listening to you and working with you, everyone loses. When talent isn't producing like they should, you replace them. When you let talent go with whatever they want because of their name, then you tend to get a jumbled mess or concepts so out there no one short of someone tripping PCP can know what's going on.

DC in particular suffered from giving their biggest concept (weekly comic) to a bunch of rookies, one at least admittedly knows nothing about DC (McKeever), and then blew every beat of their next event (Final Crisis with the Monitors and New Gods) so badly, the actual big name creative team behind the event had to run interference to try and slap together something to make it all work in one quarter of the time they needed. On one hand, it's a shame it all failed. On another, it deserved to fail.

Furthermore, loathed that I am to admit it, DC's model of doing an event every few years is forcing them to lose ground in the industry. DC took the top spot once in the last seven or so years and that was during the Infinite Crisis high. They built it up on four small events (R/T War, OMAC, DOV, and VU), finished it with a stellar event with few tie-ins (Sacrifice aside), and followed it with the groundbreaking 52. Unfortunately, they let the momentum tumble when they focused on the individual titles with OYL (good as most of the stories were, it was almost an absolute failure because the Trinity was terribly mismanaged with the Kuberts and Heinberg) instead of setting up the next event which has in many ways led to their current predicament. I may not be a fan of the event phenomenon, but if DC wanted to compete, they should have be cranking out at least one event a year, if not more. Now, their event they've built up to fail for like two years has failed in a big way.

If they want to get back on track, I'd demand an immediate war council meeting. Biggest editors, biggest talent, get together for like a week and hammer out a plan for the next five years. They need media coverage on par with Captain America's death, events at least annually to drive the line, pull in new talent people can get excited about, etc. DC was an exciting place when they started the contract war that snagged them Winick, Johns, Morrison, and the Kuberts. Identity Crisis got people interested, Infinite Crisis in many ways gave everything an event needed, and 52 changed the industry. Then, it's like the train crashed into a mountain. Now, we got books getting cancelled left and right, people are scrambling to come up with stuff to try and snag people, talent is being left to sit around and collect dust (being exclusive contract, they sit at their phones and nobody is calling), etc, etc, etc.

With the introduction of Batwoman in '52' and statements by editorial and creators discussing her importance, why isn't she actually significant?

Esbat wrote:With the introduction of Batwoman in '52' and statements by editorial and creators discussing her importance, why isn't she actually significant?

With the train crashing with OYL and, more especially, Countdown, a lot of plans have been scrapped. One was just after 52 wrapped, we'd get a Batwoman mini that would get her established and they would bring her into the fold. Instead, that story is only now finally being told in Rucka's upcoming arc in 'Tec after all of her momentum is copmpletely gone and she's become the most known character no one cares about.

alucardbarnivous wrote:

Metal Misfit wrote:DC Comics: What went wrong?

Editors. They're suppose to rein the talent in, but not tell them what to write/draw. When you start having editors tell you what they want instead of listening to you and working with you, everyone loses. When talent isn't producing like they should, you replace them. When you let talent go with whatever they want because of their name, then you tend to get a jumbled mess or concepts so out there no one short of someone tripping PCP can know what's going on.

DC in particular suffered from giving their biggest concept (weekly comic) to a bunch of rookies, one at least admittedly knows nothing about DC (McKeever), and then blew every beat of their next event (Final Crisis with the Monitors and New Gods) so badly, the actual big name creative team behind the event had to run interference to try and slap together something to make it all work in one quarter of the time they needed. On one hand, it's a shame it all failed. On another, it deserved to fail.

Furthermore, loathed that I am to admit it, DC's model of doing an event every few years is forcing them to lose ground in the industry. DC took the top spot once in the last seven or so years and that was during the Infinite Crisis high. They built it up on four small events (R/T War, OMAC, DOV, and VU), finished it with a stellar event with few tie-ins (Sacrifice aside), and followed it with the groundbreaking 52. Unfortunately, they let the momentum tumble when they focused on the individual titles with OYL (good as most of the stories were, it was almost an absolute failure because the Trinity was terribly mismanaged with the Kuberts and Heinberg) instead of setting up the next event which has in many ways led to their current predicament. I may not be a fan of the event phenomenon, but if DC wanted to compete, they should have be cranking out at least one event a year, if not more. Now, their event they've built up to fail for like two years has failed in a big way.

If they want to get back on track, I'd demand an immediate war council meeting. Biggest editors, biggest talent, get together for like a week and hammer out a plan for the next five years. They need media coverage on par with Captain America's death, events at least annually to drive the line, pull in new talent people can get excited about, etc. DC was an exciting place when they started the contract war that snagged them Winick, Johns, Morrison, and the Kuberts. Identity Crisis got people interested, Infinite Crisis in many ways gave everything an event needed, and 52 changed the industry. Then, it's like the train crashed into a mountain. Now, we got books getting cancelled left and right, people are scrambling to come up with stuff to try and snag people, talent is being left to sit around and collect dust (being exclusive contract, they sit at their phones and nobody is calling), etc, etc, etc.

Whoa. Dude!
The value of your time couldn't be measured in pure cesium.
(Seriously: I am impressed! )

Topcat wrote:
Whoa. Dude!
The value of your time couldn't be measured in pure cesium.
(Seriously: I am impressed! )

Is there any real difference between the SSoSV and Injustice League Unlimited?

Metal Misfit wrote:Is there any real difference between the SSoSV and Injustice League Unlimited?

SSoSV has always been a loosely formed group of villains acting as lackeys for someone.

Injustice League Unlimited is a group of lackeys following the Trinity's most consistent foes.

So, I was wondering. When Yz (Thunderbolt) seemingly pulled Johnny Thunder's soul(?) into him, did he sacrifice himself, mimic Johnny, or are they an amalgam persona now (like DBZ fusion?)? Also, why is he reverting back to his normal self? Which is technically no shape of "hair" and no bow-tie. Heh.

BlueMaxx wrote:So, I was wondering. When Yz (Thunderbolt) seemingly pulled Johnny Thunder's soul(?) into him, did he sacrifice himself, mimic Johnny, or are they an amalgam persona now (like DBZ fusion?)? Also, why is he reverting back to his normal self? Which is technically no shape of "hair" and no bow-tie. Heh.

They merged. Don't know what happened with that, but it maybe tied to the Levitz Ghosts arc I skipped.