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The Penultimate Post - And Why Not To Panic About The News From DC Comics Today.

May 31, 2011 17:57

I had been hoping to avoid posting here for a while longer. But current events demand comment.

SOURCE:DC UNIVERSE Reboots in September, Same Day Digital LinewideDC Comics Rebooting their universe again? That's hardly news. Given recent events in the comics, most figured it was inevitable. Still, as a fan I'm excited about the prospect of a ( Read more... )

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shanejayell May 31 2011, 23:09:31 UTC

Well, I'll look forward to your new blog/lj/whatever.

I am tending to be in the 'Oh noes!' category about this decision by DC. More because I think reboots don't work than anything else. Still, we'll see.....

looking2dastars June 6 2011, 22:44:34 UTC

Well, they keep saying this isn't a reboot. And the evidence put forth by most of the new books coming out does seem to bear that out.

Suffice it to say, with today's announcement, I'm rather anxious to see how they're going to pull off Batgirl #1 without pissing off a LOT of people.

shanejayell June 6 2011, 23:12:50 UTC

Well, Gail Simone's on it. That MIGHT help, we'll see....

90scartoonman June 3 2011, 04:10:28 UTC

Meh...it's all about the execution and follow through, I suppose.

looking2dastars June 6 2011, 22:43:19 UTC

Exactly. I think Ron Marz said it best on Twitter.

"You know, I was gonna go all crazy over some comics coming out in Sept., but then I remembered I haven't read any of them yet."

Granting that going crazy over stuff we can't be sure about is what geeks do... there's no point in swearing blood feuds over anything until we've actually read the books.

90scartoonman June 8 2011, 05:21:19 UTC

Yeah, and I mean, whenever a new creative team comes on (like Johns' Titans, Meltzer's JLA and other stuff from that era), it feels like a reboot anyway. Or, reimagining, perhaps.