TheMaestroX

December 7, 2009 9:10 pm

The immense scope of story that this allows is very exciting though, you have to agree...right?

It would be like reading the build up to Blackest Night and BN itself, where we get all of GL: Secret Origin in one hit and then all of Rage of the Red Lanterns all at once etc etc. 

This will bring a variation to the mode of story telling that we don't usually get as well, in that there won't be the obligatory two fight scene which end on a cliffhanger per 22 pages. Im hoping for a much more fluid story that unfolds at a much more natural pace.

 

Another point of all of this is that the marketing will be directed towards the collected edition, opposed to the single issues. While there is the "wait for the trade" culture out there, and the book store market, all the marketing and hype machine that the net generates is directed towards the release of the single issues, with the trade or hard cover release often getting little to no fan fare or attention due to the interest of that story had already passed. Due to this I think the potential of the book market is yet to be completely tapped due to the hype/marketing not having been in sync with the trade/HC book release before. We may see a new height being reached here, with all the stars lining up. 

December 7, 2009 8:46 pm

Well these books have been referred to as "Chapters" of a series. So in that way my mind goes to Morrison's Batman for an example, where each of his stories have been a chapter of a larger ongoing story. 

Sorry to bring up the debate again, but the notion that having a reading order of chapters as being a negative is a bit beyond me, Im sorry. 

Continuity becomes a "problem" (and I use that term loosely, because one mans problem is another mans "fun") when you are required to read multiple books that you wouldn't otherwise be interested in doing simply to understand a story you were already reading. Or, if a story you were reading gets unnecessarily interrupted in order to reflect other goings ons. 

But to claim that a sequence of chapters is a "problem of continuity"???? Come now, a more accurate term would be Linear Story Telling. 

 

With each chapter being 100+ pages (as per JMS comments, assumed to be referring to the first single volume), when the story is finished this is going to be an epic for the ages.

September 5, 2009 9:12 pm Well thats a window into Sonia's psyche that is both impressivly fantastic and worrisome. 

August 24, 2009 6:19 pm

Flame on!, I'm Gone. 

I'm so sweet like a nice bon-bon

Came out rappin' when I was born

Mom said rock it til the break of dawn. 

August 24, 2009 5:09 am

You could modify the audio levels of everyone in editing. Its tedious, but effective. 

 

Great show guys. I love booksplode. Better than the normal shows. I prefer the longer in depth discussions. Kepe up the good work. 

August 24, 2009 12:17 am

Oh good. I missed out on the last one.

(I actually thought I had bought one, but after waiting weeks with no word, I checked my CC transaction history to see that I never actually made the payment.......that one still baffles me).

August 24, 2009 12:15 am

Pfff...who would want to go to that? Not me, thats for sure.

 (note to self, carcasm is hard to express in text form....thanks self).

August 24, 2009 12:11 am

I think the GA/BC wedding is a good example of this also.

In general I think being married is a fine idea, and can present some good partner dynamics in the superhero context (and they dont all have to be conflict either!!!). But the build up to that wedding had three or so specials about the planning etc. which was a bit much.

In general I think the odd peek behind the curtain of a superheros life can be a fun and interesting insight into the character. But I agree with Sonia that the book should remember what it is...an Action Adventure Superhero story.

 

August 13, 2009 9:12 am Huh huh huh...He said "Dick growing into Batman"...huh huh