I don't play D&D but my understanding is that you can pretty much make up your own rules, right?
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Yep. That's the most baffling part of it. Anything you want is considered "canon"
But to stay on topic, pretty much everyone can see that the current formula for comics is broken, but no one can give a definitive answer on how to fix it. There are three or four different ways in the past couple pages in this thread alone.
I think both AT&T/WB and DC see this but have been just as unsure as anyone. Right now, this move is reactive to ease their financial burden as fast as possible, but the reports I've been reading on it tell me they still might not be sure how to make it profitable just yet.
A wider reach is a nice idea but it's easier said than done.
Hey, there we go, something to distinguish Preacher from Flash. See, we don't need imprints!
And in the interest of not offending our fellow posters I'll keep my opinions about christianity to myself.
That was my thought.
One of my last campaigns, we had a flying vardo (a little house-like wagon on wheels) that had interdimensional spaces for extra rooms, an armory and full kitchen, and moved under its own power instead of being pulled by horses. And people are complaining about a wheel chair? People draw the weirdest lines in the sand.
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Oh sorry, this is why I should have looked up her name. I know that Javins are both highly respected in their field and I'm very glad they're both sticking around. Pam Lifford is who I was referring to.
Let me quote Heidi MacDonald in her article on the matter at the Beat:
Also this:• And of course the biggest question of all…what does Pam Lifford want? I’m told the decisions on how to reshape DC were all hers to make. And the book on Lifford is that she’s more of a toy/licensing person than a publishing person. All of her most significant moves to date have been regarding branding of the characters with an eye to pajamas, lunch boxes and so on. Will John Stankey, Jason Killar and Ann Sarnoff continue to see comic books as very cheap R&D and keep the comics line healthy?
• Black Label is likely being phased out. The removal of editors Mark Doyle and Andy Khouri, who headed up DC’s mature label effort, is a big flashing arrow at that conclusion. Announced projects such as the highly promoted Rorschach miniseries by Tom King and Jorge Fornes will continue, and Black Label will remain a “label” for collected editions. However, WM’s President, Global Brands, Franchises, and Experiences Pam Lifford, who oversees DC, is said to dislike the more mature approach to comics. And no, this isn’t just because of Batman’s full frontal back in the day.
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Well yes if yr going to.pretend you dont even.publish it and pretend vertigo - whose logo is on it - is some 'other' company with nothing to do with dc.
Who the f publishes a critically acclaimed comic and 30 years later is too embarrassed to put their own name anywhere on it.
Thats how bad things are slipping away
Well, they did replace Batman not too long ago. And I am not saying you have to like a different Dr Fate or that they should even be changing anything about Dr Fate (I lean towards just making new characters), I am saying the market has to dictate these things and there is no market for Dr Fate right now so the character is unfortunately fair game.
Just my opinion, but some of these writer's are too caught up in their own narrative. Heidi comes across as a skilled writer but I find the near paraphrasing of Bleeding Cool articles to be quite suspect, that is not a differing opinion in any way, which is not surprising because there really is not anything newsworthy or public about these people they are speculating about.
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/dc-com...ayoffs-falloutSimply put, “WarnerMedia doesn’t want to be in the comics business. It wants to be in the character business,” another source with knowledge of Warner Bros. operations tells me. That same source contends that the company may have no longer wanted DC and its comics to be the driving force behind entities that are so important to WB franchising and licensing goals. Moving forward, both sources believe comics will be just a small part of the necessary intellectual property maintenance needed to keep corporate cash cows like Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman humming along.
This is pretty much the worst case scenario. Batman will be fine, he’s got plenty of outside media versions that portray him well. But if you’re a character who hasn’t had a good outside media adaption in a while, like Green Lantern for example, what happens to you? We complain about movie synergy but this seems poised to take it to a whole new level. Plus what happens when the adaptions fail like Zack Snyder’s DCEU movies did? If that stuff is supposed to be what drives the IP, what then? Given how utterly incompetent WB has been in handling Superman for example, I have zero faith in them “driving” the character over a comics guy like Grant Morrison.