And I'm scrapping my plans to meddle editorially....
But, I'm happy to announce a new plotter and book! KALAI will be joining us with a really fun new title: JUSTICE FOR ALL SEASONS!
JUSTICE FOR ALL SEASONS
Plotter: KALAI
Writer: TOM KING
Artist: DOC SHANER
Premise: Based on Justice League International, a Saturday morning cartoon style adventure where the team faces villains for each season.
1. Ice
2. Fire
3. Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)
4. Mister Miracle
5. Big Barda
6. Captain Marvel (Shazam/Billy Batson)
7. Tawky Tawny
8. Mary Marvel
9. Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)
10. Peng Deilan
11. Avery Ho
12. Sensor (From Legion of Superheroes)
Antagonist:
13. Darkseid
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Welcome aboard KALAI!!!
Sales totals for November are up!
Everyone's a winner this month!
New solicitations for this month and a reward points update will be coming soon!
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Well thank you for the kind words, that is very generous! Thank you. The biggest thing, for me, is I have hit several instances now of plotting out some things and then having very similar beats show up in the real DC books lol Right when I was starting my Legends arc on the Vampire Earth, here comes an issue of 'Flash Forward' where Wally has to deal with a Vampire Justice League. I'm plotting a story of an ancient evil who has just awoken in the universe with a connection to the Source Wall, and then here comes Perpetua. I then started to plot things for my DCEU book involving Silas Stone sacrificing himself later on, and revisiting the Knightmare future...and then here comes the trailer for the Snyder Cut and we see Silas die.
It's starting to look like copying, stealing, or otherwise just being lazy. Even if nobody else is seeing it, I'm seeing it, and it's all 100% coincidence and bad timing but it still bugs me. I enjoy being part of this group not just to entertain others but to also scratch a creative itch, and I guess it just shows there are no truly original stories left lol But I'm going to rework the book following Snyder's 4-hour opus, and once he has it all out of his system then I can continue on my way uninterupted. Plus, DCEU is a lower-selling book in our line of books and if I rework it I am confident I can get more sales. It just needs to percolate longer.
Thanks, I appreciate it. And I absolutely agree, the effort & creativity put forth by everyone here is amazing. It's why I end up picking "1 of everything" on my buys each month because I have a hard time saying "this book deserves a buy, but not this one." I'm just a softy lol Creative burnout is real though! I've been there...a few years ago, in the old "New Dawn" stuff, I was soloing 3 books and co-writing 2 at one point. I don't know how guys like Bendis do it, when he's writing full scripts for 5 books a month most of the time. I have a hard enough time doing solicits. I'm glad Next Dawn has rules regarding too many books though, it's easy to get excited and sign up for a ton of stuff, and then you get burned out and the game loses a plotter. I like this setup quite a bit.
"Darkseid...always hated music..."
Every post I make, it should be assumed by the reader that the following statement is attached: "It's all subjective. What works for me doesn't necessarily work for you, and vice versa, and that's ok. You may have a different opinion on it, but this is mine. That's the wonderful thing about being a comics fan, it's all subjective."
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Granted, there is no actual heavy lifting here, but this monthly activity is not as easy as it looks. It is a load of fun and when an idea hits, then the adrenaline starts flowing and we go to town. It will be a long while before I decide to do a line-wide event again, as building it up does mean putting many pieces in place. Even if plots, titles, and characters are defined and set to go, there is always the quest for creative talent to put on the book.
This (and the Marvel page) are both a lot of fun. It's a chance to take "what we would do" and to put those words out there for people to see. I am constantly amazed at the talent and quality of each month's solicitations.
Thanks, Exciter! December solicits will be posted later tonight, so there's still time to get them in if you haven't already.
You're all doing great work and having fun. Alas, I'm unable to commit to anything beyond my upcoming stint on the Superman Challenge at the moment.
Ditto!
Originally Posted by The General, JLA #38
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Nah I’m good. As long as Batman & Superman are produced by someone I don’t mind who.
Hello all you crazy people!
I've submitted solicits for both Action and Detective Comics for this coming month.
And I agree with the sentiments of everyone about the efforts being put into to producing a solicit every month. A lot of work and creativity goes into this and keeping titles fresh and not repeating story beats is very hard to do.
I remember back in the day, some of us were plotting anywhere from 5 to 7 titles a month! I definitely know the feeling of burnout.