I like the idea. I think it's ambitious and interesting. The execution is ugly as all hell. The peeling D is just dumb. D for dumb. Like, what does it look like if you push the flap back up? Regardless, I do not retract my "anything but the spin" statement. This is ugly but has potential, the "spin" was just ugly. Both are way off.
Caw! -----Original Message----- From: Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> To: The Unique Geek <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Jan 19, 2012 5:20 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 The custom branding is an interesting move. But I don't know if this route makes a lot of sense. There's specialty logos for Flash and Green Lantern; does this mean every New 52 book gets a specialty logo? If everything is customized, is there really any unity? On Jan 19, 1:12 pm, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: > Are people really disgusted with it? It seems like such a ho-hum thing to > get disgusted with. Is it great and exciting? nope. Is it worth getting > upset and angry about? nope. Is it worth ending support for the company > over? nope. > > In my opinion, this ASPIRES to be disgusted. It's just boring. > > > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just saw the tweet from DC on Twitter. Needless to say they got a lot of > > retweets of many people disgusted with it, including myself. > > > ---------------------------------------- > > Have a Better One, > > Edward Crosby > >http://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> 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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