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October 17, 2012 8:33 am hmm... I think the script is pretty solid... it's a good script with incredibly art... and the concept behind the story itself is highly interesting and fresh... I think that - if you cannot have it that people describe religions as Murphy does it - you should stay away from it... and just because you do not like the "views" it's not makeing the story bad.. I mean, the bible is a well written story... and I agree with almost nothing in it... but the writing itself is solid... so... it'S a difference if the material itself is nothing for you or if the writing just sucks... like a superhero book.. if you're not into it, well you'd even have troubles with Snyder, Morrisson and so on... And I personally can't help but think, that Punk Rock Jesus isn't even to much exagerrating the whole thing...

October 17, 2012 5:06 am and I higly doubt, that they thought about it... I always shake my head about some stuff with DC.. e.g. my subscrition is running out... you pay for a year and in month 10 or so the letters start pouring in... I mean, I have 6 books orderd and I get SIX letters therefore.. all include a prepaid envelope to renew my subscriptions... I get them from that point on monthly... that is a lot of money wasted considering that I NEVER ordered by mail and do everything by internet... but oookay... and what about "same day as print"... make it a day early... hey, incentive that costs nothing... you could even sell it as a marketing gag for subscriptions... could help get a lot of stuff published that otehrwise would find no audience... and you could still make a "exclusive print edition" available... high quality prints always find their fans.. and you can easly do it digitally ( I am a grafic designer and you can do high quality prints with digital production already... no fear)... You could probably even give stuff away for free if you reach enough people and sell high paid ads and so on... personalized ads and merchandise and so on... I guess there is something missing in all those strategies... can't tell you why cuz I am too far away but it certainly seems so

October 17, 2012 5:00 am hmm... I wonder if it's a distribution thing then... I mean, digital comics are largly dependend on the availability of the consumers reading device... if I have no tablet... less funny to read on my PC or lap top.. and guided view is nice for a qucik read on the phone but it lacks the impact of a full page (in my opinion) But seeing that ebooks have great growing rates and onyl books that really offer a high quality set up in prit are doing okay, makes me think if comics as a medium itself are not the perfect fit for digital reading... because to be honest, the print quality of (at least American) books is really not a reason for buying it (I mean hardcover trades and so on, can be a reason... but the monthlyaverage book... no) And I think that lots of publishers have not realized their potential there... also for getting there stuff to whole new markets... I amean I know Europe and so on is not great in sales bute hey, there are a lot of people living there... if I can squeeze out another 10k people and have NO distribution costs... it seems crazy not to think about it (maybe they already did and it's not working, but I doubt it) I mean, I completly switched to digital reading simply because I wait almost 10 weeks for books you guys get in the US to read them in Austria... digital... Ijust have to live with the fact that my wednesday starts earllier than yours :-)

October 16, 2012 8:20 am hmm... if it's all based on sales then I understand... I mean, if one likes it, but a thousand don't, then it really is a bummer... what I don't get - and I am lacking numbers to back my statement - why are there not more "direct digital" comics... I mean, when you consider the costs and the payments of artists and writer, but you pay nothing for print production and distribution (though I guess there is an amount of money to spent for using the different plattforms like itunes and so on), but in no way it would be that costy as a print magazin... because if you got low sells, nobody pays for ads anyway... and seeing how one ad shows up in many books, I guess DC sells them in bundles anyway... I mean, if you could get ads working in your digital books (who would bother?) and kinda establish an "long tail" production, you could make books profitable with lower sales... I mean, it's pretty bad if you produce 20.000 issues and sell 2.000... bad for your production budget and bad for your ad selling department... but if you could make dirkect digitals more, then you reduce the risk of money loss... Might be naive, but I guess you can get lots of people actually doing your books... or are artists cost so high that it just not makes up for it? I mean, I can't imagin you would get Jim Lee for those low interest digital books, but some young and hungry guys telling great stories for decent pay and some royalties should be possible... and if it sucks, you quit... not 5 issues more and loss.. you just cut the rope...

October 15, 2012 4:48 am ugh... no... it's actually pretty impressive how bad MArvel is at animation... considering their sucess everywhere else and being part of Disney should at least make them technically great... but this looks really cheap and soulless ... I mean, use 3D and all.. it's great... but only use it when you have th etim eand th emoney it needs to be great... 3D is pretty unforgiving when it's not don eon a Pixar level or used in an "artsy" way... Sometimes it'S better to use stuff you know will work when you are not ready to spent a lot of money on it

September 25, 2012 4:03 am which is super sad... I always liked their combo...

September 7, 2012 10:26 am so.. the missing Omni Man means, he's gonna die? And Ryan Ottley has left him out because he is already done with him? Hmm... :-)

August 21, 2012 3:36 am and for the record... I think "jeans wearing" and "Obama Superman" were or are concepts this character needs more... otehrwise I read Invincible or something to get an ass kicking superhero... Superman gets a better handle in other series (where he doesn't even appear) imo

August 21, 2012 3:33 am I think it is pretty funny, that the people really WANT a great Superman book (and partly get at Action Comics)... but this is really meh... I am along for the ride since issue one, because, well I WANT a great Superman book but it didn't really happen in this series... I think it lacks the new ideas of Action Comics and itself it limits what you can do in Action Comics... I would have been fine, haveing Superman in ONE timeline and not in two that "reflect" on each other... this book is not for kids, because of the soap opera bore that is this Daily Planet cast and it`s just not grown up enough to be a decent "grown up book"... and it lacks crazy fantasy elements alla Superman All Star... That character is so in the "I don't care anymore" corner already, that it's really time for something bold... and people would buy it... I mean look at the sales of all this wanna be Superman and his dozens new "interpretations".. not to speak of the success of Smallville and so on... people want him to matter... it's just not delivered with this book so far... But anyway... I am still gonna buy it so nothingwill change since I buy Superman for 30 years now and saw ups and downs... I just can't help to feel like this is a down moment :-(

August 7, 2012 8:58 am Lobo is like a cult character who has his haters and fans... now it just... "a dude with white skin and no motive"... he is just like a fart in a bus... annoying for ten seconds, forgotten once you're of the bus... and really terrible if you gotta stay on...