So if they are out of ideas and comics is slowly becoming a dying industry does this mean that E-Readers will be the savior and new medium for comic distribution?
http://mashable.com/2009/12/08/magazine-publishers-unite/ On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:47 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I can see the bind THEY'RE in > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, Dec 8, 2009 8:45 am > Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] Re: Batman and Superman to be rebooted by > Johns and Straczynski in 2010 > > Like Shag, I think this is mostly a format experiment but with "top" > talent to try and goose the numbers. The pamphlet format is dying, so > they're giving it a shot, just...way late in the game and foolishly close to > recent reboots. > > The Ultimate universe worked for a long while. The Ultimates was awesome > awesome and I sure loved the first several years of Ultimate Spider-Man. It > was good comics. They blew it all to hell, though. > > This DC trend of following the leader is just lame, though. Hey, Marvel > Zombies was cool, let's do Blackest Night. Hey, Ultimates is kicking our > butt. Let's do All Star. > > When they innovate, (weekly comics) they drive it into the ground. 52 > worked but it was a total accident that it did, and then they followed up > with horrors! Shuddering horrors! > > I can see the bind their in, though. It's like, "We need to try a new > revenue stream, since pamphlets are drying up. Graphic novels are the way > to go, but we need new customers to justify the expense, but new customers > won't buy them unless it's characters they know!" > > It's super hard. What do you do that hasn't been done? No one will try a > new character and it won't seem special if it's not a new start, but they've > been playing the "new start" too much too recently, so...they're kind of > over a barrel. > > Good luck to them. I'm sure there will be a few good yarns in there, but > it will fail like everything else and they can just keep circling the > wagons. > > I agree with Bailey that it's a good thing to pull the Big Guns off of the > main titles. Johns is great but too straight. Let's get some weird 70s > style nonsense into the dead format and let him have the trades. > > Now, cough up that lunch money, Serv! > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Service <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, Dec 8, 2009 7:06 am > Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] Re: Batman and Superman to be rebooted by > Johns and Straczynski in 2010 > > and we say Hollywood is bankrupt for ideas... > > > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Erika <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I love Gary Frank's art, so I'll probably be a big sucker (and >> hypocrite) and buy the Batman arc. On the other hand, how many more >> Batman/Superman origin stories do we need? Even though this takes >> place apart from established DC continuity, I feel like these two >> stories have been done to death. A re-imagining every decade or so >> makes sense from a business standpoint, but this seems like overkill. >> >> On Dec 7, 10:07 pm, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Link: >> http://www.examiner.com/x-19312-Columbus-Comic-Books-Examiner~y2009m1.<http://www.examiner.com/x-19312-Columbus-Comic-Books-Examiner%7Ey2009m1.> >> .. >> > (via shareaholic) >> > >> > Opinions? >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- Jim blog ~ http://blog.k12virtualization.com "Keep moving Forward" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
