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Post by wildfire2099 on Feb 10, 2015 11:00:58 GMT -5
If I'm honest, the project I'd *really* like to see that will never, ever happen is them handing the responsibility for either the DC or Marvel Universes over to me. Cei-U! I summon the megalomania! That would be excellent! Let the corporate conglorerates have all the movie rights, and you can be in charge of DC, and have Roy Thomas in charge of Marvel... classic comic fan utopia right there!  You guys should work on that  |
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Post by DE Sinclair on Feb 10, 2015 12:57:55 GMT -5
An ongoing authorized THUNDER Agents series, with the original characters at one of the non-Big 2 companies (maybe IDW again or Dark Horse), written by a high quality writer like Kurt Busiek and a top-notch artist like George Perez.
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Post by fanboystranger on Feb 10, 2015 13:03:41 GMT -5
I'd enjoy an out of continuity Justice League book with rotating creative teams a'la Adventures of Superman and Sensation Comics so the writers can use whichever Leaguers they want without worrying about the current roster and new 52/post-Crisis/pre-Crisis/other media distinctions. 1 story with the JLI, 1 with Super Friends characters, 1 with just that writers personal favourite characters (like a Superman, Elongated Man, Martian Manhunter, Cyborg, Black Canary, Vixen, Swamp Thing, Golden Pharaoh, John Stewart, Aztek team up just 'cuz that writer wants/likes those characters)... That book actually exists... JLA Classified. It's pre-Flashpoint, but it pretty much does exactly that... I don't recall if they did JLI, but they definitely did a pretty cool Detroit League story. The two JLI minis by Giffen/DeMatteis/Maguire were started as arcs for JLA Classified. I think that the first one was published in that series, but the second was a standalone mini. I know one of them is called I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Feb 10, 2015 13:59:00 GMT -5
Yeah, that's definitely one... I think that might actually be in continuity, though at this point its certainly moot. There was also one called L.A.W. that was a more serious take... that one may have more been a Charlton heroes thing, though.
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Post by tolworthy on Feb 10, 2015 14:30:39 GMT -5
A return of black and white magazine comics from various publishers. This. And a return of the Epic line (as it was originally, not like the half-baked comebacks that have happened over the years.) And cheap. Not these glossy heavy paper graphic novels for a niche market. I want to walk into a bookshop, and have the choice of text novels or graphic novels of the same length, on the same paper, the same literary quality, and the same price. Who wouldn't rather read a 500 page comic epic instead of some 500 page novel from somebody you never heard of? It seems insane to me that publishers have massive back catalogs, and just release them at a trickle at high prices for existing fans. No! There are millions (maybe a billion, with translations) of potential readers if the price and content are right. Take a ton of the best black and white stories for a general market, and sell them on the mass market, at mass market prices, same price per page as other books But this would take real guts. it would take years to build up awareness outside the comic world. You would need to keep producing these things for very little return, until there is a huge selection and gradually people catch on. But then it would be a completely new and enormous market. We have something related in manga paperbacks, but all the manga I have seen are more like TV, comics designed to be read quickly, so you don't get the same number of hours' enjoyment. I am talking about something different: a comic of the same depth as a book. A comic you would take to read on holiday, the same price as an airport novel, taking the same time to enjoy, at the same price. The closest thing I can think of was an old paperback of Marvel's Empire Strikes Back novelisation. That was a really great read on its own. Even if you had never seen the movie (and this was before the days of video so maybe you hadn't). It was a deep, rich story, well told, with great art, in a cheap little edition. I want more like that. LOTS more. Well like the title said, it's a project that will probably never exist. |
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Post by fanboystranger on Feb 10, 2015 14:45:16 GMT -5
Yeah, that's definitely one... I think that might actually be in continuity, though at this point its certainly moot. There was also one called L.A.W. that was a more serious take... that one may have more been a Charlton heroes thing, though. was all Charlton. It was not good, but I bought every issue. I think it was because it had Dick Giordano art. |
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Post by paulie on Feb 10, 2015 17:17:00 GMT -5
I would like John Buscema and Tom Palmer to draw one more issue of Avengers.
I would also like Steve Gerber to finish Omega the Unknown proper.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2015 19:09:03 GMT -5
A lot of what I'd like to see involves ultra high quality hardcover reprints, and for many things I'd like to see in that format I think it's just a matter of time. But Epic Illustrated, probably not going to happen.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2015 19:11:35 GMT -5
Also probably not going to happen, but I'd like to see the most iconic classic mangas (at least the ones that became iconic classics stateside) reprinted in oversized hardcover. And flipped left to right. And colorized.
Kind of like the Epic Akira series, but in oversized premium hardcover.
But I think mostly only casual manga fans like to read manga left to right, and the ones most likely to shell out big bucks for manga prefer them to actually be digest sized softcovers as true to the Eastern versions as possible.
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Post by badwolf on Feb 10, 2015 19:53:43 GMT -5
I probably differ from most manga fans in that I'd prefer to read left to right. While I'm more or less used to reading right to left, I've never gotten to the point where it felt natural, and I still make errors while reading them.
I wouldn't want to see them colorized, though.
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Post by dupersuper on Feb 10, 2015 20:47:04 GMT -5
I'd enjoy an out of continuity Justice League book with rotating creative teams a'la Adventures of Superman and Sensation Comics so the writers can use whichever Leaguers they want without worrying about the current roster and new 52/post-Crisis/pre-Crisis/other media distinctions. 1 story with the JLI, 1 with Super Friends characters, 1 with just that writers personal favourite characters (like a Superman, Elongated Man, Martian Manhunter, Cyborg, Black Canary, Vixen, Swamp Thing, Golden Pharaoh, John Stewart, Aztek team up just 'cuz that writer wants/likes those characters)... That book actually exists... JLA Classified. It's pre-Flashpoint, but it pretty much does exactly that... I don't recall if they did JLI, but they definitely did a pretty cool Detroit League story. That was close, but still in continuity. |
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Post by Action Ace on Feb 10, 2015 21:16:07 GMT -5
Or, perhaps, better yet, how about Astro City becoming a line, with, oh, say a Samartian book by Waid, the Confessor by Ostrander, the teen heroes by Wolfman, etc. That would qualify as one of my dream projects. Maybe it could happen as a series of one shots. |
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Post by Action Ace on Feb 10, 2015 21:25:58 GMT -5
DC run by Mark Waid, Darwyn Cooke, and Paul Levitz. Back at the time of Infinite Crisis I thought DC should have rebooted the whole line at that point. They could have had this group remaking the DCU since they were at DC at the time: Mark Waid Kurt Busiek Geoff Johns Grant Morrison Paul Dini James Robinson Greg Rucka Gail Simone |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 10, 2015 21:28:02 GMT -5
I'd love to read an Elseworlds graphic novel titled Lash House, with script by Kurt and artwork by Steve Rude.
Heck, I'd even pay for it!
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Post by Pharozonk on Feb 10, 2015 21:38:59 GMT -5
DC run by Mark Waid, Darwyn Cooke, and Paul Levitz. Back at the time of Infinite Crisis I thought DC should have rebooted the whole line at that point. They could have had this group remaking the DCU since they were at DC at the time: Mark Waid Kurt Busiek Geoff Johns Grant Morrison Paul Dini James Robinson Greg Rucka Gail Simone That would be a solid executive board. Throw in Ross and Levitz and you got yourself a deal! |
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