Nothing is lost in my opinion.
Nothing is lost in my opinion.
I mean, I agree, it's really not that big of a deal... but... the nostalgic in me is still disappointed. Vertigo was so, so good. It's slow decline over the years was tough to watch.
The new labels seem more direct and to the point, so I guess from a branding perspective I get it.
Does DC Kids include both Ink and Zoom? Because it kind of sounds like it's just Zoom.
How old are your kids, though? As a parent, I could see you buying something labeled "DC Kids" for your kids if they're young -- say, under 10, but would kids buy it for themselves especially if they were a bit older?
if I were 10 or 11, and I saw the "DC Kids" label, I might avoid it because it would seem like something I outgrew. I think that's why DC had both Zoom for younger kids and Ink for older ones because I don't think kids who are 12 want to read material with the same brand as the books for 7 year olds.
With Vertigo-style books at Image gaining success, there is really no point to Vertigo anymore, anyway. Vertigo won't be able to compete with the deal creators can get at Image. The only upside is that your project may stand a bit of a better chance of being adapted into television, streaming, or whatever at Vertigo. The downside is that DC/WB/ATT are going to take a sizable chunk of the rights and overall pie if that were even to happen. And if someone wanted to tell a mature or bizarre Batman title, or something, that can just be done under the Black Label imprint.
So again, no real point to Vertigo in 2019.
Vertigo was pretty much dead once Karen Berger left. She was the guiding hand behind Vertigo’s success and with her departure the label basically declined into nothingness. Image is basically Vertigo these days, but it’s still sad that DC is basically just superhero books now.
That’s part of why Vertigo died. Why go to Vertigo when you can go to Image and keep all the rights to your stuff? WB basically destroyed Vertigo out of greed, and now they have got nothing. Some Vertigo stuff like American Vampire will continue under Black Label but for the most part I suspect that Image will reap the benefits of Vertigo’s demise.
I wonder if the Vertigo brand will still exist for things like Lucifer and the film adaptation of The Kitchen?
DC Kids sounds like it'll be for things like Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes as well as more kid oriented stuff like DC Super Hero Girls.
Which would be more Y7 than 9-12, IMO.
When I was 9-12, I was reading regular DC and Marvel super-hero comics.
Of course, they weren't the comics equivalent of TV-14 back then.
But I think that kids over 8 may feel somewhat insulted if everything targeting them is cartoonish.
"There's magic in the sound of analog audio." - CNET.
Guys. I need consolation.
I was a poor kid from the ghettos of Istanbul, and Vertigo Comics meant everything to me. I cleaned toilets in order to make some money for a single floppy. I am also a person of literature, so to me, Vertigo was poetry in pictures, with all of its references to Italo Calvino, or Marques de Sade. Shade the Changing Man, Enigma, the Invisibles.... Today I cried for 2 minutes -remembering all those lonely hours in my bed trying to understand all the texts written in English...
I'm sad. Vertigo was special. Also, I don't think we are going to see collected editions of Shade or Sandman Mystery Theatre. Black Label won't touch anything other than Swamp, Hellblazer, or Transmetropolitan.
Thanks, Vertigo. You and the British indie band Suede were my backbones.
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Reading List (Super behind but reading them nonetheless):
DC: Currently figuring that out
Marvel: Read above
Image: Killadelphia, Nightmare Blog
Other: The Antagonist, Something is Killing the Children, Avatar: TLAB
Manga: My Hero Academia, MHA: Vigilanties, Soul Eater: the Perfect Edition, Berserk, Hunter X Hunter, Witch Hat Atelier, Kaiju No. 8
Console yourself with https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/22-8...an-McCarthy-HC
And all of the UK writers 2000ad reprints.
Equally as good as vertigo