SageShini

April 30, 2012 10:21 pm Yeah, because clearly people are asking for that. Not like, accessible shows that can be for everyone like Avatar, JLU, Young Justice, or Avengers: EHM. Because it's not like those series are popular at all, right?

April 30, 2012 8:57 pm Okay. For the record, I don't have much of a problem with Ultimate Spider-Man.* It doesn't TOUCH Spectacular Spider-Man, but then after that series it was done so well the same approach would have been (and is) a little silly to try in the first place. A few things though: Man, kids will watch anyhing. Second: The idea was put forward, for some reason I cannot fathom, that some things SHOULD be made just for kids. ....Why? Don't get me wrong, there should be cartoons for like, 2-5 year olds to watch. But once my child is going to first grade, it's time for Avatar. I just don't see giving a child something that's both entertaining and mentally stimulating as a bad thing. It would be one thing for fans to ask for something like The Ultimates to be made into a cartoon and put on Saturday Mornings. But, to my knowledge, no one's asking for that. We're just asking for series of the same quality as Avatar: TLA and TLK, Spectacular Spider-Man, Young Justice, and even Batman: Brave and the Bold (it was funny, light-hearted, and very well-done). This idea that there need to be things that are juvenile in nature to appeal to kids "even more" than what's out there that appeals to everyone...it just seems a little toxic to me. That said, I would never insult a parent for enjoying watching a show like this with their children. At least they're monitoring what their children watch and spending time with them--that makes them heroes of a different sort, in my eyes.

March 17, 2012 8:07 pm Co-signed. I'm hyped for this book.

February 28, 2012 1:30 pm Personally I'm still culling the 30+ comics I picked up at the start of this. Either that or natural culling (I was reading Static and OMAC) has lead to me not having to worry about certain titles. Still, with the mini-series included I'm up to something like 23 titles, which is still over half the line if you cut the eight titles that just got canceled. It's definitely worth it, though I concur that it would've been better to have more arcs ending at different times.

February 23, 2012 12:27 pm I agree with this for the exact same reason it bugs me to be called a "blerd". (Other than it sounding stupid.) Isn't enough to just be a geek? I think so. Excellent article.

February 13, 2012 7:07 pm For what it's worth, I think most people don't actually think New Readers are idiots. People DO think Hypothetical New Readers are idiots, however. This is largely due to people setting up ridiculous situations that involve horribly poor explanations and it eventually gets to a point where older readers throw up their hands and say, "Then they're stupid." That having been said, I think breaking it down to, "It's a what-if world" makes it too simple and in fact, does invite questions like, "Well isn't it a bit too soon for that?" But if you instead take it out of a vacuum and say, "It's a world where the heroes were introduced in the years they were created and aged alongside human history, so you get to see different heroes take their place," then you give it more of a purpose. But I'll admit, more than anything as a kid (I'm 24), I just always liked the idea of a multiverse. I hated that DC got rid of it before I was even born, and now that they've finally brought it back, the biggest reason I'm supporting it is that I'm glad they're FINALLY doing something with what I've always believed was an awesome concept, poor timing or not. For those who are new readers, DC "brought back" the multiverse in 2006, and this many years later they've YET to do anything substantial with the concept. Personally I think they've been too terrified of the (largely imagined and reinforced through false history) stigma that comes with it while Marvel's got an entire universe that's been going on for ten years that's got nothing to do with their main one and no one's said squat.

February 13, 2012 2:20 pm Earth 2 is all kinds of simple, and most people that say it isn't tend to be old fans bringing the baggage of the knowledge they already have to a summary they would give. It works like this: Earth-2 is a parallel universe (as someone else mentioned, a concept more common than comic books) where the heroes actually get to grow old and have new heroes take their place. I broke that down into a sentence for you. I need someone else to explain to me how that's hard to understand, without bringing in a billion, "But what about pre-Flashpoint/52/COIE?" questions. Those are irrelevant. These stories should not (and hopefully) are not about them. It's a straightforward concept that people are muddying with past perceptions. If Earth-2 turns out to be great, that's the summary I'll give to new readers to get them excited. They don't need to know the 60 year (admittedly confusing) backstory that comes with it.

December 16, 2011 4:43 pm Nah, we've been spamming this "male comic fans are sexist jerks" for a while now. (Mind, it's not an argument entirely without merit...) This is just another article in the train. I'm betting on seeing it retweeted as a "great read" in the near future by a lot of comic creators over the next 24 hour period.

December 16, 2011 4:41 pm I'm going to argue with your second point, on the basis that I don't find people in general that don't like comics OR video games all that interesting. Male or female. I mean, not liking one is fine but not liking BOTH? C'mon.

December 8, 2011 12:41 pm The relaunch book IS great. I'm sure Longbow Hunters is good too, but I don't want to revisit that in a new series. I love the new direction, though it saddens me that few other comic fans agree.