Preach it. I haven't heard yet what this means for Gotham Central, but with its low sales, I expect a cancellation announcement soon. It also means only 4 more issues of Sleeper, and I guess his Authority run is only going to last 12 issues.
Yeah, I don't expect GC to last much beyond the last arc he and Rucka are doing. Damn it.
How did DC let this happen?
It makes me *really* nervous about their big plans for the coming year. I get the sinking feeling that they're moving away from the kind of storytelling I (and, as it happens, most of the female fans I know) love best and into the sort of meh BS that had me rolling my eyes at superhero comics for much of the early 90s.
How did DC let this happen?
It makes me *really* nervous about their big plans for the coming year.
The Crisis du jour? Where I am *convinced* (along with half of fandom) that Jason Todd is coming back?
The Crisis du jour? Where I am *convinced* (along with half of fandom) that Jason Todd is coming back?
Well, if that happens, that happens
in the next few issues of one particular title.
What I'm thinking of is the 'verse wide plan.
I think "Jason Todd is coming back" is pretty small potatoes when it comes to the events planned in the DC universe this year. Not only do you have the "Crisis"
du jour
(titled Countdown and spinning off 4 separate mini-series), you also have Grant Morrison's
Seven Soldiers
mega-series, and the
All Star Batman
and
All Star Superman
series this year. All this is in addition to the normal title line-up. Marvel is doing something similar with
House of M,
so it looks like the big event strategy is the main order of the day for the Big Two.
Anything coming out today? Is the new Astounishing this week?
Astounishing is not today.
On my list is Outsiders and Nightwing, and I'm probably going to grab Green Arrow if they have it.
so it looks like the big event strategy is the main order of the day for the Big Two.
But that's nothing new--it has been for the past near twenty years. Ever since "Crisis on Infinite Earths."
Except that in the mid-90's, overreliance on the Big Event came and bit them in the ass.
I'll probably be picking up:
Action #824
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #188
Batman: The Man Who Laughs
Gotham Central #28
Green Arrow #47
Nightwing #103
Outsiders #20
Ultimate X-Men #56
And possibly some Supreme Power back issues because Holli is an evil pimp.
I have to get Manhunter back issues because SA is an evil pimp. Unless it's going to come out in TPB soon. Then I can wait. But I have to remember to add it to my pull list.
