The new logo is official. It will be customized depending on the property.
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/dc-entertainment-new-logo-120119.html On Jan 17, 1:30 pm, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > Regarding "turning pages," about the only thing I can think of is that > on a smart device, you still "swipe from right to left to turn pages > in a lot of the comic reader apps. So it's still the same sort of > "turning page" motion. That has some connective tissue with the print > side of the coin; I imagine that the word "synergy" or the like being > bandied about. > > The worse offense of this logo to me is that it's boring. It just > sort of sits there. It doesn't jump out at me. Again, I may be the > outlier but I thought the Whirl was bright and drew your eyes to it. > This looks like the logo of a small scale systems integrator or > something. > > On Jan 17, 1:06 pm, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think it is a joke. Seriously. I saw the article and the logo and thought > > for sure this was either speculation or something that should be on Snopes. > > The logo sucks. It's bland, tasteless and unprofessional. It looks like > > something an new, independent comic book company would hire a 14 year old > > to design for them. > > It can't be true. I keep checking Snopes. > > > ---------------------------------------- > > Have a Better One, > > Edward Crosbyhttp://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:28 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Make no mistake, the new one is weird and off-putting and Serv's point > > > about it suggesting turning pages is a strong one. Not sure what sort of > > > logo could be crafted to suggest bit-torrent downloads, but that's beside > > > the point. The main point is, they intend to do away with that half-baked > > > current logo. Luke's point that the current logo is identifiable is a fair > > > one. I can look at it and know it's DC. The new one takes some work. > > > > But... it's like the main point of I, Claudius. Augustus wasn't the best > > > emperor in the world, so he made sure Caligula was his successor, because > > > Caligula was crazy and dangerous and much worse. That way, folks would > > > remember Augustus as not so bad. If you're a bad leader/logo, you always > > > want the one who comes after you to be worse. So... this new one is > > > Caligula, and folks will hate it, and then they'll think back fondly on > > > the > > > current weak logo (Augustus). Then everyone will clamor for a simpler, > > > simpler time and elect Claudius, the DC Bullet. So... two years til the > > > bullet comes back? > > > > Caw! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> > > > To: The Unique Geek <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Tue, Jan 17, 2012 2:16 am > > > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Re: DC Comics Gets A New Logo. And Here It Is. > > > | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors > > > > I never had a problem with the DC Whirl logo. I thought it was > > > dynamic and easy to identify. So I would have much preferred to keep > > > that one rather than this staid and boring one. > > > > On Jan 17, 9:25 am, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > the thing about this logo that seems so lame to me is the fact that it > > > > imparts the feeling of a paper comic. Now admittedly i have only sort of > > > > been following the posts about comics, but aren't comic companies > > > > beginning > > > > that transition into digital media? Doesn't the image of a page being > > > > turned kind if hearken back to what they have been, and not where they > > > > want > > > > to go? Clearly i am no marketing genius (i let Shag major in that, > > > > while i > > > > challenged myself with [2] real business major[s]...OH SNAP!!) but if > > > > you > > > > are going to go through the exercise of 'reimaging' your corporate > > > > logo, my > > > > thought is look FOREWORD instead of BACK. > > > > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 9:34 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Apparently by "anyone", I guess I meant Salmon Oyster. And he was > > > > > the > > > > > person I was specifically thinking of that didn't like the current > > > > > (or I > > > > > guess previous) logo. :) > > > > > > The Irredeemable Shag > > > > >http://firestormfan.com > > > > >http://onceuponageek.com > > > > >http://twitter.com/firestormfan > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > > > Subject: RE: [The Unique Geek] DC Comics Gets A New Logo. And Here It > > > > > Is. | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors > > > > > From: <[email protected]> > > > > > Date: Mon, January 16, 2012 9:28 pm > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > Umm... I'm agreeing with the snarkiness of the article. Why the new > > > > > logo?!?! And yes, I hate it. > > > > > > I don't recall the change of logos bothering me much last time. I > > > > > know > > > > > there was some discussion on this very board, but I can't imagine > > > > > anyone > > > > > liking this new logo. > > > > > > The Irredeemable Shag > > > > >http://firestormfan.com > > > > >http://onceuponageek.com > > > > >http://twitter.com/firestormfan > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > > > Subject: [The Unique Geek] DC Comics Gets A New Logo. And Here It Is. > > > > > | > > > > > Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors > > > > > From: Cary Preston <[email protected]> > > > > > Date: Mon, January 16, 2012 8:42 pm > > > > > To: Unique Geek Google Group <[email protected]> > > > > > > Link:http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/01/13/dc-comics-gets-logo-here/(via > > > > > shareaholic.com) > > > > > > What? 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