2013-05-23T03:25:24-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9905&Focus=296323#Comment_296323 2011-05-31T16:16:15-07:00 2011-05-31T16:17:16-07:00 jackcrowder http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6537

"DC plans to reboot the entire universe, beginning with JUSTICE LEAGUE #1, from the creative team of Jim Lee and Geoff Johns. The book will be one of only two titles to ship on August 31 (the ...

Beginning in September, all DC titles will be renumbered beginning with #1 issues. Jim Lee also redesigned over 50 DC characters as part of the reboot."

Citation: Newsarama


50 redesigns. Imagine that, eh?

What's your thoughts?]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9905&Focus=296328#Comment_296328 2011-05-31T16:44:48-07:00 2011-05-31T16:47:24-07:00 HOT_RIGHTEOUS_DEATH http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5217

Jim Lee actually met a deadline!? SHOCKING! Okay, I'm done kidding around... Sounds cool. Unfortunately I won't be buying any of these books. I bought all the issues of Final Crisis and Blackest ...

Sounds cool. Unfortunately I won't be buying any of these books. I bought all the issues of Final Crisis and Blackest Night, thought both were brilliantly executed. But at the end I was just exhausted. I tried getting into Brightest Day, but I'm afraid I'm suffering a bit from "Comic Event Fatigue." I was thrilled when Marvel bucked the trend for a short time and announced "The Heroic Age" was not going to be some big, long narrative event. Unfortunately they came right back with Fear Itself. I'm actually buying that one and like it, but again, I can do without these "events." Just gimme a good story, not some grand epic that promises to change everything when we know it really won't.

I feel like these big events are nice and all, but when one keeps following another in quick succession they just grow stale, even when it's a talented writer behind it. I can't help but think comics sales in general are suffering because most are structured in big, epic narratives that are well done, but not accessible. Hate to use an analogy like this, but TV shows like CSI and Law and Order have big viewerships because you can join in the action anytime and not have to worry about what happened in the previous episode. Or at least they did for a long time...you get my point. Comics (other than Uncanny X-Men) used to be like that. I can't help but wonder if it's gone too far in the other direction and comics are only now aiming for fanboy audiences like me. Comic book properties (movies and the like) are bigger than ever and yet comic book sales are sinking. I think this is why...that and some pretty ridiculous prices for one stinking issue these days, but that's another debate for another day.

Sorry I digressed so much from the main topic. It seems like an awesomely ambitious project, and anything Johns does is usually damn good (except for that whole New Krypton nonsense). But I'm not really interested...even with Jim Lee, I guy I idolized as a teenager, doing a lot of the work behind it.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9905&Focus=296329#Comment_296329 2011-05-31T16:47:51-07:00 2013-05-23T03:25:24-07:00 William Joseph Dunn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2798

"...Jim Lee also redesigned over 50 DC characters as part of the reboot." that's too bad. I don't think character design is one of Jim Lee's strengths.

"...Jim Lee also redesigned over 50 DC characters as part of the reboot."

that's too bad. I don't think character design is one of Jim Lee's strengths.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9905&Focus=296330#Comment_296330 2011-05-31T16:54:49-07:00 2013-05-23T03:25:24-07:00 William George http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7366

@ William: Popped collars and bike shorts are EXTREEM!

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9905&Focus=296333#Comment_296333 2011-05-31T17:21:30-07:00 2013-05-23T03:25:24-07:00 Beamish http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8236

@HOT I agree, I was tuckered out after Blackest Night. I think it might be a bad idea to have Lee redesign the line with Johns love for history so prevalent. I said this on the other thread, it ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9905&Focus=296340#Comment_296340 2011-05-31T17:43:43-07:00 2011-05-31T17:45:42-07:00 256 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4827

The renumbering thing doesn't matter to me - it's been done before, it'll be done again - and will probably only last until a major book is/would be coming up to a round-hundred issue # in the ...

I've only been following this 3rd hand, since I have a clinical sensitivity to reading drooling fanblogs, but is there any indication to what extent the content of these books will change?

I also don't think events are inherently bad. Some really good stuff I've read recently has been the result of character-centric events (Batman: Streets Of Gotham, and Spiderman: The Gauntlet). But the bigger and more universe-spanning an event, the less interesting it is to me. I imagine it's the same way for a lot of people.

Also: Why is Cyborg in the new JLA?

Edit: And of fucking course Streets Of Gotham has been cancelled.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9905&Focus=296351#Comment_296351 2011-05-31T18:11:58-07:00 2013-05-23T03:25:24-07:00 Oxbrow http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=894

That's a lot of Lord Nelson collars.

lot of Lord Nelson collars.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9905&Focus=296359#Comment_296359 2011-05-31T18:51:37-07:00 2013-05-23T03:25:24-07:00 jackcrowder http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6537

I had a feeling those collars would be brought up. I'm very curious the Lee hand on a lot of these characters. There are some designs of his that have been improvements but I'm not sure a lot ...

I'm very curious the Lee hand on a lot of these characters.

There are some designs of his that have been improvements but I'm not sure a lot of those have been in this era of his career.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9905&Focus=296378#Comment_296378 2011-05-31T21:38:20-07:00 2013-05-23T03:25:24-07:00 Seantaclaus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6498

Green Lantern appears to be... compensating...

compensating...]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9905&Focus=296379#Comment_296379 2011-05-31T22:19:48-07:00 2013-05-23T03:25:24-07:00 Neila http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5582

@seantaclaus I think they may just be trying to copy that scene from the movie. Which reminds me I used to wonder why Green Lantern didn't just make a gun or something, instead of a big green fist. ...

Also the collars are kinda repetitive, especially for characters that are all on the same team. Perhaps they shop at the same Super Tailor?

Assuming I have money and am near a comic store when these come out I might pick up one or two.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9905&Focus=296381#Comment_296381 2011-05-31T22:31:33-07:00 2013-05-23T03:25:24-07:00 LokiZero http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=368

I don't really get DC's need to reboot everything every ten years or whatever, but I'm looking forward to it anyway. I've always been more of a Marvel guy, so this will be a nice fresh start for me ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9905&Focus=296464#Comment_296464 2011-06-01T15:10:33-07:00 2013-05-23T03:25:24-07:00 mjmartinejohn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8529

So I decided to tweet some ideas for DC to use yesterday in their relaunch and thought I would share them here. Superboy title - hipster with huge mustache falls in love while dealing with ...

Superboy title - hipster with huge mustache falls in love while dealing with psychic powers. #modern

Firestorm. An undercover chinese agent in America meets an ancient mathematical problem and can rearrange time in 5 min chunks

Super-Lantern. Mash-up title involving a hybrid of John Stewart and Kal-el fighting against Satanic magic-eating aliens.

Flash can be a self-aware virus that causes the carrier to have super speed...until they die. #modern

Outsiders can be a series of fringe political activists that gain powers and fight against the system...and each other. #modern

Green Lantern can now be a woman named JaM, a slam poet with a mind that smashes out the craziest light constructs

Teen Titans can be in a correctional program and get hit by lightning. #modern

Robin can now be a robot ninja assassin with a heart made out of green tights and trapeze wire.

Let's make Deadman Aliveman and dress him in purple and gold and make him have dancing powers.

Let's relaunch Batman with a ponytail and a hole in his mask for it. That will be modern!

Jet Ski Aquaman is the next gen Auquaman. Starring Jellly the jellyfish, and Fin, the tuna in a can!]]>