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Post by kirby101 on Sept 26, 2023 12:58:39 GMT -5
The comics are meaningless to them. But the properties are too valuable for them to sell. I can see them farming out the comics at some point. But it will be a nightmare for any company that takes the contract, as Discovery corporate will interfere with everything done. There will be execs with no concepts of how comics are done asking for things that aren't realistic.
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Post by MDG on Sept 26, 2023 14:55:43 GMT -5
The comics are meaningless to them. But the properties are too valuable for them to sell. I can see them farming out the comics at some point. But it will be a nightmare for any company that takes the contract, as Discovery corporate will interfere with everything done. There will be ecevs with no concepts of how comics are done asking for things that aren't realistic. Is that supposed to be "execs," 'cause unless you mean East Coast Equine Veterinary Services, Google's no help on it.
Actually, I'd love to see a system where a creative team--the whole team, not just writer and penciller--pitch a 6- or 12-issue arc and deliver it. No expectation of staying on the book or the book getting pulled from them. The Editor acts like a production exec at a movie studio keeping an eye on things and keeping things running, but otherwise any major story problems are (supposedly) worked out before production starts.
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Post by tarkintino on Sept 26, 2023 15:54:02 GMT -5
The comics are meaningless to them. But the properties are too valuable for them to sell. I can see them farming out the comics at some point. But it will be a nightmare for any company that takes the contract, as Discovery corporate will interfere with everything done. There will be ecevs with no concepts of how comics are done asking for things that aren't realistic. Is that supposed to be "execs," 'cause unless you mean East Coast Equine Veterinary Services, Google's no help on it.
Actually, I'd love to see a system where a creative team--the whole team, not just writer and penciller--pitch a 6- or 12-issue arc and deliver it. No expectation of staying on the book or the book getting pulled from them. The Editor acts like a production exec at a movie studio keeping an eye on things and keeping things running, but otherwise any major story problems are (supposedly) worked out before production starts.
Or, getting ahead of the total fall of monthlies, only produce single-issue, expanded stories, like that once featured in Marvel Preview, or Elseworlds titles, so the company can still use their most valuable properties, but it would take on the feel of special, one-and-done events.
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Post by tonebone on Sept 27, 2023 6:25:04 GMT -5
Mark Evanier wrote on his blog today about DC management. Discovery should just get it over with, and sell DC to Disney. It's going to happen eventually anyway. That would be more efficient... then they could ruin two universes with half the staff, and half the budget, in record time!
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Post by impulse on Sept 27, 2023 23:55:50 GMT -5
Even if Superman somehow went into the public domain, I doubt many people would be confused by Joe Blow's version. DC can just slap "OFFICIAL DC'S SUPERMAN" on anything and people will get it.
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Post by jason on Sept 28, 2023 9:08:21 GMT -5
Also, dont public domain versions only involve the original incarnation of the character? Winnie the Pooh is PD, but the red shirt version is not. I assume a PD version of Superman would basically have him wearing his outfit from the original stories.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 28, 2023 9:12:29 GMT -5
Also, dont public domain versions only involve the original incarnation of the character? Winnie the Pooh is PD, but the red shirt version is not. I assume a PD version of Superman would basically have him wearing his outfit from the original stories. Yes. No extended Superman family (except Lois Lane). A much less super-powered Superman. So...one that might almost be interesting.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 29, 2023 20:59:07 GMT -5
The comics are meaningless to them. But the properties are too valuable for them to sell. I can see them farming out the comics at some point. But it will be a nightmare for any company that takes the contract, as Discovery corporate will interfere with everything done. There will be ecevs with no concepts of how comics are done asking for things that aren't realistic. Is that supposed to be "execs," 'cause unless you mean East Coast Equine Veterinary Services, Google's no help on it.
Actually, I'd love to see a system where a creative team--the whole team, not just writer and penciller--pitch a 6- or 12-issue arc and deliver it. No expectation of staying on the book or the book getting pulled from them. The Editor acts like a production exec at a movie studio keeping an eye on things and keeping things running, but otherwise any major story problems are (supposedly) worked out before production starts.
That's exactly what happens nowadays for the most part. I like continuity and editors better myself.
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