|
|
Post by driver1980 on Apr 8, 2024 14:21:00 GMT -5
I detest it. It makes finding issues to buy hard (does Marvel want my money?). I’ll reach the end of a Daredevil run, and then I’ve got to do research to find out which is the next number 1. Same with Darth Vader. Or any comic. I once mentioned here something about how my LCS had ordered the wrong Aquaman volume (they’d ordered a Rebirth one rather than New 52). Easy mistake. But I’m sure a store could easily order a volume of The Walking Dead. If a customer says he got as far as the 102nd issue, then a quick tap of the computer will reveal that he needs to read the collected edition that starts with the 103rd issue, so a quick Google reveals that is Vol. 18, which collects #103-108. Easy! Some might argue that a long-running arc such as TWD is different from runs such as Charles Soules’ DD, but publishers want to eat their cake and then still have it too. Well, good luck to someone who wants to find the correct ‘first issue’ of Deadpool given there have been so many. I promise that, and I can only speak for myself, it’s not laziness. It’s just about simplicity and making good use of my time. If I knew the last issue of The Walking Dead that I read is #36, then a quick glance at Wikipedia, which takes about 10 seconds, lets me know that I’d need to pick up Vol. 7, which collects issues #37-42. But I have little desire to spend much time on Google finding out where I need to pick up with Darth Vader. I have read comments from people saying high numbers puts people off. It didn’t put me off. Batman was well north of 300 issues when I first started to become interested in it. On a final, self-absorbed note, I don’t think I’m getting the comics that my personal buying habits deserve.  Yep. Quit buying altogether. I only buy collected volumes, and only if I can tell AT A GLANCE what issues I am buying. If I go to buy a trade and it's Batman, from 2016, and it contains issues lower than 100... nope. I don't carry a slide rule with me to figure that stuff out. Your Walking Dead anecdote is spot-on. They obviously are not hindered by high numbers, and definitely DO want my money. Thank you. I know some might say TWD is one entity with a long-running arc/cohesion in mind, whereas Charles Soules’ DD is one entity, someone else’s DD is another entity, etc. Well, I don’t believe the principles are that different. It seems a little bit egotistical for a new creator to be given a new number one. Here in the UK, 2000 AD recently published its 2376th program. Nice work. They do announce jumping on points every once in a while, e.g. an issue released a fortnight ago announced that on its front pages. And new runs do start, new creative teams take over, etc. It’s satisfying to think that the 2376th program was published last week, and I doubt many creators complain about jumping on board at high numbers; in fact, the opposite *might* be true, they may like jumping aboard a book which has nearly 2,400 issues under its belt. I also like the idea of history, e.g. a person picking up the 600th issue of Detective Comics in the 80s might well have said, “Wow, my dad might have read this comic a long time ago.” Surely they could do “soft reboots” in comics, such as having “A Bold New Direction” plastered all over the cover, instead of the eat your cake and still have it too approach of dual numbering. Like you, I don’t carry a slide rule. |
|
|
|
Post by tonebone on Apr 8, 2024 14:26:11 GMT -5
Yep. Quit buying altogether. I only buy collected volumes, and only if I can tell AT A GLANCE what issues I am buying. If I go to buy a trade and it's Batman, from 2016, and it contains issues lower than 100... nope. I don't carry a slide rule with me to figure that stuff out. Your Walking Dead anecdote is spot-on. They obviously are not hindered by high numbers, and definitely DO want my money. Thank you. I know some might say TWD is one entity with a long-running arc/cohesion in mind, whereas Charles Soules’ DD is one entity, someone else’s DD is another entity, etc. Well, I don’t believe the principles are that different. It seems a little bit egotistical for a new creator to be given a new number one. Here in the UK, 2000 AD recently published its 2376th program. Nice work. They do announce jumping on points every once in a while, e.g. an issue released a fortnight ago announced that on its front pages. And new runs do start, new creative teams take over, etc. It’s satisfying to think that the 2376th program was published last week, and I doubt many creators complain about jumping on board at high numbers; in fact, the opposite *might* be true, they may like jumping aboard a book which has nearly 2,400 issues under its belt. I also like the idea of history, e.g. a person picking up the 600th issue of Detective Comics in the 80s might well have said, “Wow, my dad might have read this comic a long time ago.” Surely they could do “soft reboots” in comics, such as having “A Bold New Direction” plastered all over the cover, instead of the eat your cake and still have it too approach of dual numbering. Like you, I don’t carry a slide rule. HISTORY! Yes! When I was reading MAD as a kid, I was floored to find out that the same subversive, almost forbidden book I was reading was enjoyed by my dad as a kid in the 50's-60's... and he thought it was subversive then, too! We both had the same feeling of "getting away with something"... DECADES apart! But, now, Mad's up to - what - Issue 23? How underwhelming. |
|
|
|
Post by driver1980 on Apr 8, 2024 14:34:25 GMT -5
Nice anecdote about MAD!
I’m not saying thoughts about history dominate every waking moment, but on Facebook recently, a friend announced that a railway magazine - called RAIL - recently published its 1,000th issue. I don’t follow railway news, but what a nice milestone, especially as there might even be a person who says to his son, “I was reading this when it started.”
|
|
|
|
Post by james on Apr 9, 2024 9:30:14 GMT -5
I think I would like an ongoing title that has stories about romance with just the superheroes of Marvel or DC. I like this idea. Or how about supervillains raising their families but not in a humorous way. |
|
|
|
Post by majestic on Apr 9, 2024 10:41:15 GMT -5
A crossover by Todd McFarlane with Batman, Spider-Man and Spawn. It would create a lot of buzz and would be historic as a crossover between the biggest 3 publishers.
|
|
|
|
Post by Calidore on Apr 16, 2024 22:45:40 GMT -5
If Roy Thomas' wife had been writing one of the X-books in 1989, we could have had Dann T.'s Inferno.
|
|
|
|
Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 17, 2024 20:43:56 GMT -5
A crossover by Todd McFarlane with Batman, Spider-Man and Spawn. It would create a lot of buzz and would be historic as a crossover between the biggest 3 publishers. would they battle their their own evil sentient capes? |
|
|
|
Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 17, 2024 20:45:15 GMT -5
I think I would like an ongoing title that has stories about romance with just the superheroes of Marvel or DC. I like this idea. Or how about supervillains raising their families but not in a humorous way. I do feel like attempts at 'realistic' superheroes have been tried and failed before... but having a book about a supervillain that gives them realistic motivations would be really neat! |
|
|
|
Post by codystarbuck on Apr 17, 2024 22:57:02 GMT -5
I like this idea. Or how about supervillains raising their families but not in a humorous way. I do feel like attempts at 'realistic' superheroes have been tried and failed before... but having a book about a supervillain that gives them realistic motivations would be really neat! That was the beauty of the Astro City story, "Show 'Em," featuring the gimmick thief The Junkman. He was an engineer, who was pushed out at 65 and turned to crime to show he was still vital and creative, turning old discarded items into his weapons and devices. He pulls off the perfect crime and gets away with it; but, it eats at him that nobody knows it. So he pulls it again, with a built-in flaw, so that he is captured by Jack-in-the-Box and put on trial, where the details will be revealed to the world. The twist at the end is a device, you see hooked up in the overhead lighting fixture, that will allow him to escape the courtroom. Possibly my favorite Astro City story, though there are a bunch of them. The other good villain one is with the Mock Turtle, whose infatuation with a woman leads him down a very bad path, as he can't see that she has always used and abused him. The best is probably "Tarnished Angel," the storyline with Steeljack, as you see his past as a criminal, from a tough, but poor neighborhood, filled with henchmen for villains, and his attempts to stay clean after his parole, from prison. |
|
|
|
Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 18, 2024 5:28:57 GMT -5
I agreed Steeljack is probably the best one... I had forgot about the Junkman though.. good call!
I often wonder if it would have worked if Busiek let others write Astro City.. would it have still been special? There is plenty there for several monthly titles. (probably not, I suppose...)
|
|
|
|
Post by adamwarlock2099 on Apr 18, 2024 8:05:03 GMT -5
A crossover by Todd McFarlane with Batman, Spider-Man and Spawn. It would create a lot of buzz and would be historic as a crossover between the biggest 3 publishers. would they battle their their own evil sentient capes? Well McFarlane has drawn all three before so ..... |
|
|
|
Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 18, 2024 8:31:57 GMT -5
A crossover by Todd McFarlane with Batman, Spider-Man and Spawn. It would create a lot of buzz and would be historic as a crossover between the biggest 3 publishers. would they battle their own evil sentient capes? Absolutely! Even Spidey!  |
|
|
|
Post by driver1980 on Apr 18, 2024 8:48:22 GMT -5
Transformers vs. GoBots. Enough said!
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2024 9:01:25 GMT -5
Transformers vs. GoBots. Enough said! I want that! You made me wonder if there have been any Go-Bots comics, just saw Tom Scioli did a little series back in 2018 for IDW. Not a crossover but still, has me curious now. |
|
|
|
Post by mikelmidnight on Apr 18, 2024 10:45:22 GMT -5
That was the beauty of the Astro City story, "Show 'Em," featuring the gimmick thief The Junkman. He was an engineer, who was pushed out at 65 and turned to crime to show he was still vital and creative, turning old discarded items into his weapons and devices. He pulls off the perfect crime and gets away with it; but, it eats at him that nobody knows it. So he pulls it again, with a built-in flaw, so that he is captured by Jack-in-the-Box and put on trial, where the details will be revealed to the world. The twist at the end is a device, you see hooked up in the overhead lighting fixture, that will allow him to escape the courtroom. I am reminded of Lex Luthor, who built a time time machine out of an orange, a light bulb, a coil spring and a flashlight |
|
