I’ll pro’ly just buy this Infinite Frontier #0 and stick it next to Rebirth #1 on my DC shelf.
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 06:25 (three years ago) link
Wonder of many of those are minis. At least I know Crime Syndicate, Bat/Cat, Batman: Black and White and Other History are limited. I'm pretty okay with them doing those, especially if they're not tie-ins to some event.
The YA stuff is completely separate from DC continuity and don't really connect except for the ones done by the same authors
I actually think Rebirth was decent as far as reboots go, but just like then I'm happy just reading 95% of this stuff later through the library when there's time.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 29 December 2020 07:25 (three years ago) link
While some of the creative decisions they're making at the moment are surprising and admirable (eg Mariko Tamaki on Detective comics), I have zero confidence in DC management at this point and no interest in getting sucked back into their in-continuity titles (as opposed to the 12-15 titles/month I read prior to Flashpoint, when I hopped off the train and never looked back). The only non-reprint books of theirs I'm buying at this point are the Sandman universe stuff (almost done once Spurrier's Dreaming series ends) and the Young Animal stuff (almost done once Far Sector ends) and the odd mini (King's Strange Adventures, which is likewise almost done). Oh and Morrison's Green Lantern (which, yes, is in-continuity but thankfully self-contained aaaaaand likewise almost done).
― Telly Salivas (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 13:08 (three years ago) link
I tried getting on board with each of the last two reboots; should I try again for this one?
The Ghost of Christmas Past is telling you that he hasn't read a current Marvel or DC book in at least two years.
― pedantly admonishment (aldo), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
on reflection my cynical mind suggests that DC bought another year of publishing budget by arguing "reboots sell!" and that this is the last gasp while AT&T attempt to arrange an IP megasale for 2022/23
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 20:26 (three years ago) link
you think they're really going to sell any IP? I would think the lesson of 21st Century Disney/Fox is NEVER sell your IP because 100 years later it'll still be making money
― Nhex, Tuesday, 29 December 2020 21:14 (three years ago) link
Wasn't the theory that they would license comic book publishing to Marvel?
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 21:16 (three years ago) link
i'm no genius with this stuff but my sense is that AT&T needs to pay off a huge chunk of debt and that IP would probably take care of that and then some to satisfy their shareholders? seems like the fastest way to clean up their books and the most intangible asset... the superhero goldmine is still a relatively recent thing and there's no guarantee that this won't go the way of cowboys and indians in the 2030's.
licensing publishing to marvel/disney would probably work as a getting-to-know you strategy while they work out numbers and terms, sure.
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 21:23 (three years ago) link
I think they're looking to sell off DirecTV, while the DC IP is fueling all those hit movies (I didn't realize that even Shazam! was a hit).
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 21:28 (three years ago) link
Marvel is so bad at publishing that Disney license their catalogue to a company run out of an unheated, leaky house instead
― huge rant (sic), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 21:28 (three years ago) link
superheroes come back every 25 years, give or take!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 29 December 2020 21:29 (three years ago) link
sure in one form or another but the current boom is both unprecedented and frankly unsustainable.
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 21:30 (three years ago) link
everybody betting their trillion dollar companies on the surety that Teen Titans 6 is gonna rule the (nonexistent) box office in 2032 confounds me. but then i'm just some dude on the internet, what do i know
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 21:32 (three years ago) link
xp true, i agree with that
Feel like the horrific wealth accumulation and corporate hegemony of this century is increasing and we're more likely to see things consolidating vs break-ups in the long run. Besides climate disaster I'm not sure what's going to even slow down that trend
Right now it does feel like a safe bet something from the Massive IP Farm will the biggest money-makers in 12 years. But who can know for certain
― Nhex, Tuesday, 29 December 2020 21:40 (three years ago) link
In fairness, they also have the Scooby-Doo and Space Jam franchises.
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 21:40 (three years ago) link
to clarify - yes the current superhero boom is unsustainable and will morph into something else at some point
but economies don't make sense anymore. how did Elon Musk make $133 Billion this year?
― Nhex, Tuesday, 29 December 2020 21:42 (three years ago) link
I mean, he didn’t.
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
I just like that they plan to combine the Robert Pattinson and Ben Affleck universes by bringing together Ben Affleck and... Michael Keaton?
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 23:04 (three years ago) link
are they gonna computer unage him or will batman be bald
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 23:15 (three years ago) link
this is a pretty good article about what we were just talking about:https://musingsonmouse.substack.com/p/star-wars-nostalgia-fatigue-and-marvelsjulia alexander's "Musings on Mouse" substack is well worth subscribing to
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 23:23 (three years ago) link
are they gonna computer unage himI didn’t even consider this (just assumed it would be a Dark Knight thing); but now I’m expecting the worst, lol
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 23:41 (three years ago) link
xp is there a way to get that through RSS instead of email?
nah they're not gonna do it. assumed they're just make him Flashpoint Batman or Batman Beyond-era Bruce Wayne (like they did with Kevin Conroy in the recent Arrowverse crossover)
― Nhex, Tuesday, 29 December 2020 23:52 (three years ago) link
nm - found it searching on Feedly
― Nhex, Tuesday, 29 December 2020 23:55 (three years ago) link
They should bring back Val Kilmer. https://static01-nyt-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/static01.nyt.com/images/2020/05/07/magazine/10mag-kilmer/10mag-kilmer-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 23:58 (three years ago) link
as palpatine?
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
Unrelated, this new Superman looks like the dickhead from Accounts at a company barbecue:https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/supermanandlois-suit-1-e1607554527118.jpg
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 03:21 (three years ago) link
Not a new Superman by any stretch as he has portrayed Supes on multiple seasons of Supergirl already. He's dece.
― Telly Salivas (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 03:42 (three years ago) link
Cool. He still looks like he’s asking a receptionist to “put Deez Nutz on hold.”
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 03:49 (three years ago) link
it's on like krypton
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 04:15 (three years ago) link
I mean, the point is that he's Dad Superman. If you put a moustache on him he'd look like the dad from Inside Out, so job done.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 09:39 (three years ago) link
Kyle MacLachlan (dad from Inside Out) actually has voiced Superman, so I guess it all ties together?
― Four Jacks and a Jill (morrisp), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 21:20 (three years ago) link
A somewhat younger MacLachlan would have perfect as a (live action) Superman / Clark Kent, btw
― Four Jacks and a Jill (morrisp), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 21:22 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/MBIMkUK.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HEGa0Yh.jpg
― shivers me timber (sic), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 22:04 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/9w6Gmht.gif https://i.ibb.co/wLXDRRV/giphy.gif
https://i.imgur.com/az295lc.jpg https://i.imgur.com/olwVPOp.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ufLJXDp.jpg https://i.imgur.com/JCf7d41.png
― shivers me timber (sic), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 22:13 (three years ago) link
<3
― Four Jacks and a Jill (morrisp), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 22:20 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/U2TP0jI.jpg https://i.imgur.com/75AGLJc.jpg
enhance
https://i.imgur.com/Z1Ssg2H.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/JzgbaZp.jpg
― shivers me timber (sic), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 22:52 (three years ago) link
Anyone here read the “Wonder Woman: Dead Earth” miniseries? Sounds interesting.
― Four Jacks and a Jill (morrisp), Thursday, 31 December 2020 01:35 (three years ago) link
it's good.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 31 December 2020 15:56 (three years ago) link
Guys.
They're changing Black Adam's name to
(hang on)
(wait for it, it's worth it)
SHAZADAM
― Vladislav Bibidonurtmi (Old Lunch), Friday, 5 February 2021 12:44 (three years ago) link
Gesundheit!
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 5 February 2021 12:47 (three years ago) link
His mother's name will be changed to Shazmartha.
― shivers me timber (sic), Friday, 5 February 2021 19:18 (three years ago) link
Okay, u just about made me choke on my lunch there
― Vladislav Bibidonurtmi (Old Lunch), Friday, 5 February 2021 19:25 (three years ago) link
Holy shit
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Saturday, 6 February 2021 09:32 (three years ago) link
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-buyout-in-the-works-from-fans-with-lots-of-money/
― The Mandolinrainian (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 12:54 (three years ago) link
(Also don't know why it didn't occur to me before but: Shazadam and Boogaloo Shrimp)
― The Mandolinrainian (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 12:56 (three years ago) link
that sounds disastrous
― Nhex, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 14:45 (three years ago) link
t/s: dc is run by a bunch of clueless rich assholes on a salary vs dc is run by a bunch of clueless rich assholes who also own the company
― you are like a scampicane, there's calm in your fries (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 15:08 (three years ago) link
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/other-people-who-have-heard-about-the-big-dc-buyout-pitch/
So weird to think that there's a pool of high roller comic nerd venture capitalists floating around out there. Like they clearly have accrued their wealth from some entirely different, non-comics thing but for some reason comics are the toilet they're eager to flush their money down (to which I say: welcome to the club).
― The Mandolinrainian (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 16:31 (three years ago) link
gotta burn them $GME profits!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 16:38 (three years ago) link
Bleeding Cool understands that it was former DC President Diane Nelson's decision to move DC Comics from relatively expensive offices in Manhattan to insanely expensive offices in Burbank that was the biggest factor in the decision.
I have been assuming this was likely a major factor, lol / nice to have it semi-confirmed
― shivers me timber (sic), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 20:50 (three years ago) link