So we did something crazy and awesome
Most of my tiny friendslist has probably already seen this, but...
Look whatpenumbra , captaindove and I did!
Over the weekend, something crazy happened to the love of Superman's life. She received a massive campaign over Twitter for her own series.
It all started with one London comic book reader named Mary. On both her personal twitter account and one called " LoisLaneVerse," she took up the campaign with her friends Paloma ( @Captaindove) and Rachel ( @SnapPop), from Canada and the US, making it a worldwide affair. They simply said that Lois Lane needed her own comic, and threw up the hashtag #LoisLaneSeries. At some point during the weekend, it grabbed the attention of a couple of comic book creators and exploded.
Major comic book writers like Gail Simone, Greg Rucka, and Sterling Gates all sang the praises of the character. All three were named by multiple fans as ideal candidates to write a series starring the intrepid reporter, with Simone saying "ME ME ME" when it was brought up. Comic book artists Jamal Igle and Phil Jimenez expressed their love for Lois; Jimenez liked the idea of sending her into the 31st Century to lead a Legion team. Husband and wife creators Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover say they already "pretend to write [Lois] All The Time."
Writer David Gallaher, himself engaged to a journalist, showed proof that he's been for a series like this for a couple of years. Bloggers, fans, journalists, comic sites (like ours); all kinds broke into the idea.
A popular hashtag and a big twitter campaign are well and good, but could it actually make anything happen? Well, tweeting from the @DC_Nation account Monday morning, DC VP of Online Ron Perazza had this to say:
"Appreciate all the support you guys have for a #LoisLaneSeries - we'll let the folks in DCU editorial know you're interested."
When contacted about the campaign, Perazza told Newsarama, "Great ideas can come from anywhere. I think it’s fantastic that we have resources like Twitter that enable and even encourage fans, creators and publishers to interact with one another."
DC Editor-in-Chief Bob Harras took notice, too. "The emotional investment our fans have for our characters is incredibly important to us. It is that passion that drives us every day and when you see conversations like the one regarding Lois, it makes us work even harder," said the E-i-C.
Yeah, I'm damned proud of how much discussion and attention our little campaign brought about. Read the rest of the article over at Newsarama. :D
Look whatpenumbra , captaindove and I did!
Over the weekend, something crazy happened to the love of Superman's life. She received a massive campaign over Twitter for her own series.
It all started with one London comic book reader named Mary. On both her personal twitter account and one called " LoisLaneVerse," she took up the campaign with her friends Paloma ( @Captaindove) and Rachel ( @SnapPop), from Canada and the US, making it a worldwide affair. They simply said that Lois Lane needed her own comic, and threw up the hashtag #LoisLaneSeries. At some point during the weekend, it grabbed the attention of a couple of comic book creators and exploded.
Major comic book writers like Gail Simone, Greg Rucka, and Sterling Gates all sang the praises of the character. All three were named by multiple fans as ideal candidates to write a series starring the intrepid reporter, with Simone saying "ME ME ME" when it was brought up. Comic book artists Jamal Igle and Phil Jimenez expressed their love for Lois; Jimenez liked the idea of sending her into the 31st Century to lead a Legion team. Husband and wife creators Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover say they already "pretend to write [Lois] All The Time."
Writer David Gallaher, himself engaged to a journalist, showed proof that he's been for a series like this for a couple of years. Bloggers, fans, journalists, comic sites (like ours); all kinds broke into the idea.
A popular hashtag and a big twitter campaign are well and good, but could it actually make anything happen? Well, tweeting from the @DC_Nation account Monday morning, DC VP of Online Ron Perazza had this to say:
"Appreciate all the support you guys have for a #LoisLaneSeries - we'll let the folks in DCU editorial know you're interested."
When contacted about the campaign, Perazza told Newsarama, "Great ideas can come from anywhere. I think it’s fantastic that we have resources like Twitter that enable and even encourage fans, creators and publishers to interact with one another."
DC Editor-in-Chief Bob Harras took notice, too. "The emotional investment our fans have for our characters is incredibly important to us. It is that passion that drives us every day and when you see conversations like the one regarding Lois, it makes us work even harder," said the E-i-C.
Yeah, I'm damned proud of how much discussion and attention our little campaign brought about. Read the rest of the article over at Newsarama. :D