The DC Comics Reboot - Part 2

[hildebabble]

If you read Part 1 you know where I'm coming from and why I'm not thrilled with the decision to hit the reset button on the DC Universe. And DC seems to be turning a deaf ear towards most objections in their fanbase, preferring instead to congratulate themselves on a job well done that most people never asked them to do in the first place

Comments

[forgetthatkiss]

Read your part 1 as well, and very well said! I absolutly agree with you on many points. But you probably already knew that! I don't feel like this reboot was nessisary. Being in marketing, I strongly believe that they could have achieved the same sales without the reboot with the right marketing. Slapping a #1 on a comic doesn't nessisarly make it a "jumping on point" for new readers. I don't think any of the new 52 were any better jumping on points than usual. In fact, you brought up one point that constantly bothers me:

"most of them feel like first chapters instead of self-contained storylines.

I feel like most writers write for the trade instead of the issue these days. I have a problem with that because I have always believed that EVERY issue should be a jumping on point. I don't see why a good writer can't do a quick one page summary on what's going on. Read any old Spider-Man comic and you'll probably find a line on the first page mentioning him getting bit by a radio active spider. Yeah, we all know that, but a new reader

[hildebabble]

Excellent point! If they're going to write for the trade anyway, then they should just take it all the way and structure each storyline to 6- or 7-issues. Or two 3-issue minis.

That way people (like me!) would have much more faith in just waiting for a trade, because I'd know it would have a contained story and not just a string of one-shots I could have bought separately, from multiple titles. Then they could get the trades onto the shelves much faster.

I'd rather buy a trade with no ads for a cheaper price than six singles pretty much any day of the week.