Punchline Appreciation Thread 2020

[Celgress]

Wait a minute...

Army of simps - check
Streaming channel - check
Anime Aesthetic - Check

Punchline is an e-girl. All she needs is a sidekick called White Knight...

Hahahaha I noticed all these things too, and I love it. She's a perfect allegory for the bad behaving fan-enabled e-girl.

[Jman27]

OMIGOSH YES she's EXACTLY like Aunt May
She's in her 70s-80s in the 70s
Aged down to Alfred's age in the 80s-90s and they have a tension, so about 60s
Aged down to be in her 40s-50s in New 52 when Bruce is 32 (she has black hair but still has to be old enough to be a doctor in her 20s while helping Bruce as a child)

I will never understand comics and their fear of aging their characters its not like we the audience dont stop aging

[Celgress]

I will never understand comics and their fear of aging their characters its not like we the audience dont stop aging

What is the average age of the American comic book fan (those who actually buy the comics)? I think the fandom skews pretty old (unless I'm mistaken)? Does anyone know? I'm aware that the average Pro Wrestling fan (another rapidly "graying" industry), well, WWE fan, is like 50.

[Jman27]

What is the average age of the American comic book fan (those who actually buy the comics)? I think the fandom skews pretty old (unless I'm mistaken)? Does anyone know? I'm aware that the average Pro Wrestling fan (another rapidly "graying" industry), well, WWE fan, is like 50.

thats a good question im not sure

[Restingvoice]

I will never understand comics and their fear of aging their characters its not like we the audience dont stop aging

These things are determined by maybe only one or two people who just happen to be boss. We got Didio who wants Superman generation to be young main characters. Joe Quesada wanting Spider-Man to be unmarried and average like the one he recognized... so it's not as common, just... the powerful 1%.

About Aunt May... to be fair she is really old in his original appearance. She's supposed to be Peter's aunt but she looks like his grandma.

What is the average age of the American comic book fan (those who actually buy the comics)? I think the fandom skews pretty old (unless I'm mistaken)? Does anyone know? I'm aware that the average Pro Wrestling fan (another rapidly "graying" industry), well, WWE fan, is like 50.

IIRC Jim Lee said their broad target is between 13 to 50
The angriest fans who refuse to buy New 52 because they changed it from Post Crisis made DC shares drop to 25% so you can say that era fans are the majority.
The fans would have to have enough disposable income to follow shared universe events and old enough to know what Didio's doing is bad in comparison to what they had that they began dropping.

Crossing all that, I'm guessing mid-30s, maybe even 40s today.

[PLG1962]

Is there a list of appearances for those late to the party?

[OopsIdiditagain]

Is there a list of appearances for those late to the party?

Batman 89, 92-95, 97-98, 100
Nightwing 72-74
Joker war zone
Joker anniversary 1
Punchline 1

[Celgress]

These things are determined by maybe only one or two people who just happen to be boss. We got Didio who wants Superman generation to be young main characters. Joe Quesada wanting Spider-Man to be unmarried and average like the one he recognized... so it's not as common, just... the powerful 1%.

About Aunt May... to be fair she is really old in his original appearance. She's supposed to be Peter's aunt but she looks like his grandma.



IIRC Jim Lee said their broad target is between 13 to 50
The angriest fans who refuse to buy New 52 because they changed it from Post Crisis made DC shares drop to 25% so you can say that era fans are the majority.
The fans would have to have enough disposable income to follow shared universe events and old enough to know what Didio's doing is bad in comparison to what they had that they began dropping.

Crossing all that, I'm guessing mid-30s, maybe even 40s today.

Thanks for the estimates.

[sifighter]

Hahahaha I noticed all these things too, and I love it. She's a perfect allegory for the bad behaving fan-enabled e-girl.

Honestly after this one-shot she’s a perfect allegory for a lot of things going on right now for real life, she’s an intelligent psychopath who is using lies and her own fringe media source to get her way and manipulate a large number of the public to her side. I think there is a lot of potential what dc can do with Punchline later on.

[Rac7d*]

Honestly after this one-shot she’s a perfect allegory for a lot of things going on right now for real life, she’s an intelligent psychopath who is using lies and her own fringe media source to get her way and manipulate a large number of the public to her side. I think there is a lot of potential what dc can do with Punchline later on.

Sounds like storm front from the boys
Minus the nazi thing

[mathew101281]

I like this character because she makes for an interesting nemesis for numerous bat characters. Her use of the internet, makes her a good Oracle foe. She also makes a good counter to Harley. And now Bluebird is probably going hate her guts to. And none of these rivalries seem contrived either. All of them seem to be natural outgrowths of what the character is.

[Celgress]

I like this character because she makes for an interesting nemesis for numerous bat characters. Her use of the internet, makes her a good Oracle foe. She also makes a good counter to Harley. And now Bluebird is probably going hate her guts to. And none of these rivalries seem contrived either. All of them seem to be natural outgrowths of what the character is.

Very true, I had feared Punchline would end up being an inverted, dark "Harley clone" who would bring little if anything unique to the table beyond visual design. I'm pleasantly surprised my assumption was proven incorrect. So far, I'm loving her.

[captchuck]

She's much more fun than I was expecting. I hope there will be more after the two month future thing happening.

[Stars & Stripes]

She's much more fun than I was expecting. I hope there will be more after the two month future thing happening.

I’m honestly looking forward to the inevitable Bluebird vs. Punchline battle at some point in 2021.

[Celgress]

I’m honestly looking forward to the inevitable Bluebird vs. Punchline battle at some point in 2021.

As am I. It should prove interesting.