Harley is proof that a lot comic readers are getting tired of the same old tropes re-hashed over and over again.
Harley is proof that a lot comic readers are getting tired of the same old tropes re-hashed over and over again.
Interesting article talking about Harley's popularity with DC top brass
http://www.vulture.com/2016/08/harle...ide-squad.html
So you do see that DC has reasons and motivations for what characters get a push
Comics that feature Harley on the cover or in the issue see a bump in sales, variants that feature her sell out or receive a bump in sales, merchandise sells like hotcakes,etc
Amazing how much things have changed since 2011
DC went from not wanting Harley in suicide squad and thinking it was stupid to her basically being a pillar of their publishing arm.
Nightwing gets pushed he just isn't operating at the level of popularity for a character where DC will take notice.
I mean its not even an issue of him breaking out as a character. Dick Grayson is featured in all DC games and almost all their batman animated movies,cartoons, etc
There is not exactly a lack of Dick Grayson whereas if you compare him to Harley she wasn't given anything to build upon until recently with the suicide squad role.
I don't know why THIS VERSION Of Harley Quinn is popular. I mean no disrespect to the current Creative team of Harley Quinn, I cannot get behind this new 52 version who is a bit more crazier than what she originally was by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm.
Harley is popular becuase she is an original creation. She is a female Joke, but they didn't gender swap. They created an original character. When people that are not fans come into a hobby and say crap like we might like this stuff if it was more to our agenda, then they are not fans.
I predict that history will look back at this period as a dark, bland, unoriginal, pandering cluster ^%$#@! time in comics.
And if all these hipsters and females are such a large demographic (they are NOT!) EXPLAIN to me why feminist ghost busters failed? Where were all these feminsts? Where were all these hipsters? Why did they not support this film?
If these feminists and hipsters are such a large demographic (they are NOT!) then WHY did DC abandon the OMG! its the Nu52? DC doing this (abandonong the OMG! its the Nu52!!!!!) is an admission that it was an abysmal FAILURE!
More and more, I see new fans collecting the back issues and appreaciating the history of comics. I do not see these hipsters and feminsts at all, other than flapping their gums. They spent no money, do not attend concs (other than to halloween play) which dealers HATE because they take up space, clog isles, and spent NO money on back issues Which proves they are not fans. They are attention seekers, nothing more.
In fact, the NY comic con has already addressed this issue. Halloween people are not allowed to stop in the middle of an isle and clog up everything for the sake of their vainity. They have an area where the attention seekers can pose (Poseurs? LOL)for pics.
Last edited by Falcon7; 08-15-2016 at 08:33 AM.