'Sleeper'
Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
Gail Simone on the CBR forums:
Okay, all I can say is, after the One Year Later jump, ALL BETS ARE OFF. Some REALLY fun and new stuff is coming up...I can't wait for you guys to see.
But, and let's say this is purely speculative--
--if there were to be a new Bop team, completely new, no returning members--
Who would you like to see in the group?
I have no idea if that's spoilery or not, so whiting just in case.
Buh?
I sure hope DC doesn't fuck this up royally.
Maybe she's just teasing. I don't see the point in it being a real plan.
Oh, not just what Simone said, but the whole Crisis/One Year Later shebang. It's just ripe for being a disastrous cock-up.
Boy, I really need to read my comics.
Oh, not just what Simone said, but the whole Crisis/One Year Later shebang. It's just ripe for being a disastrous cock-up.
It's definitely ripe for alienating their fanbase. I am intrigued by the One Year Later aspect though; that's an interesting narrative gambit that'll allow them to backfill that year as they go.
It's definitely ripe for alienating their fanbase. I am intrigued by the One Year Later aspect though; that's an interesting narrative gambit that'll allow them to backfill that year as they go.
I don't think it'll be mediocre, that's for sure. Don't get me wrong -- I think it *could* kick serious ass, and I hope it does.
Things that are going on in the JSA Classified book, coupled with the big question mark over the Spectre's role in it all, lead me to suspect that the overall title isn't so much cheesy and hackneyed as an indication of what's going to be done—or rather, undone—in the story.
From the "you may have something interesting to say, but I can't be bothered to read any further" department:
The contemporary zeal for graphic novels—fiction, let us remember, equipped with drawings and speech bubbles—has, to this spectator, encouraged the emperor to parade before an adoring public in a threadbare Speedo, if that. For filmmakers, they're smokin' assets, serving as ready-made storyboards as well as trailing a pre-sold and, dare I say, undemanding readership behind them.
From a MirrorMask review in the Voice: [link]
Yeah, I saw that Jon. That pretty much invalidated the rest of the review for me. I know the Voice arts critics tend to be snotty/snobby in their own particular way, but that was beyond the call of duty (and I usually like Atkinson).