Rafa=FedKilla
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No. Hawkman, Firestorm, Sword of Sorcery, Ravagers and team 7 cancelled. Fuxk!,!,!
Dollar Bills story needed to be told....
Dollar Bills story needed to be told....
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COMICS! |OT| February 2013. How can it be called a "SUPER Bowl" when nobody can fly?
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Noooooooooooooo
Prophet #21 is the beginning. (for some reason Image kept the old numbering from years ago)
Latest issue is #33. So you're not that behind
Thanks man!
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
How in the fuck is Phantom Stranger still around? Fuck Dan Didio and Bob Harras. Paul Levitz need to hang up the typewriter. His books are bland as fuck and he can go write Legion fanfic in his basement.
Go buy Vibe when it comes out everybody please. I'm having cold sweats...
Go buy Vibe when it comes out everybody please. I'm having cold sweats...
Father_Brain
Banned
Man, I completely missed the NXM callback at the opening of Avengers #5. Goddamn.
I'd probably have read Hawkman and Firestorm if at any point during the last year and a half I'd heard anything good about them. DC needs to give these D-list characters to upstart writers with something to prove and just let them go fucking nuts for better or worse. We could have another Morrison looking for his Animal Man out there but DC editorial gonna editorialize.
Can't do it....DC just seems careless right now with what creative teams and books they put out. You'll have to buy Vibe #1 and report back with the quality.
Anticitizen One
Banned
Anybody who purchases the vibe comic is voting for more Geoff johns regression storytelling
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
I would but I'm completely flabbergasted right now. Vibe is going to be written by Sterling Gates, at issue 4. What the fucK. I want Vibe to succeed. All of Bob Harras decisions are WTF certified. Fuck this company.
slightconfuse
Banned
Lol vibe is already on the created carousel and the first issue is not even out yet
Sterling gates is the new writer of vibe
http://comicsbeat.com/dccancelsixmoretitle/
Sterling gates is the new writer of vibe
http://comicsbeat.com/dccancelsixmoretitle/
Freezasaurus
Member
What!? They're only like, 4 issues into Sword of Sorcery. Man, fuck DC. They're not even giving things a chance, now.
At this point I am convinced that DC has lost their collective minds. Are they trying to get fired? Do they want to be sold to a different company? I don't understand any of this.
fredrancour
Member
It feels like all the powerful editors and managers have no idea what they are doing, and any people who might have some misgivings are either in need of money too bad to speak up for fear of being axed, or don't give a shit as long as they get to play with their favorite toys.
Seems like there is just no planning at all anymore. Why even put out Vibe and Katana solos before they are introduced to people in JLoA? Does DC really think putting them alongside it will boost the sales so much that people will be fine with a new writer after 3 issues, also knowing that Johns is just the co-writer of the first issue?
Freezasaurus
Member
I think they're trying too hard to show people how dedicated they are to canceling books that don't sell. I mean, if you've got your first trade out and you're into your second arc, and the book just isn't doing well, fine. Finish arc #2 and then cancel the book. But this? It seems like they're expecting new titles to fly off the shelves based solely on early press. Some books start off slow and then pick up new readers later on.
Come on DC... At least give this stuff a chance. They were all your idea to begin with, anyway.
slightconfuse
Banned
That is why I like marvel for its creator consistancy .
Seems every 3 issue at DC a new writer takes over. DC editorial needs to get its head on straight
Seems every 3 issue at DC a new writer takes over. DC editorial needs to get its head on straight
Memento Mori
Member
Sword of Sorcery #3 sold 13,751 copies. They can't not cancel a book selling that bad.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
fucking sick rite
Anticitizen One
Banned
DC's dumbass decision making and editorial politics are going to sink the whole company. It's just gonna be Marvel and the indies pretty soon and DC will just occasionally release a superman or batman graphic novel to tie into a movie.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I doubt it will. Their sales say otherwise
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Pretty soon they will cancel a title before it comes out. Only way they can top themselves. I'm fucking disgusted by all this. How do you ruin this beautiful industry?
Anticitizen One
Banned
I love how the writer of Vibe was thrown off the book before the first issue even came out. and in the interviews it sounded like he was really excited about the book and had some long term story plans lmao.
They are being a bit too aggressive as far as cancelling books and changing creative teams go though. They need to chill out a bit and let books at least try and find their way. I mean at least let them get 1 trade in before cancelling a book. Or let a writer/artist finish out an arc and give it some kind of closure.
This was just the height of stupidity.
Freezasaurus
Member
Well, they don't. They're just ruining their own label. I'm sure Marvel and Image won't mind.
fredrancour
Member
Image might mind if all their talent starves to death without second gigs for food money.
Why does DC have so little confidence in their decisions -- cancelling SoS after 4 issues, throwing Vibe's writer off the book before the first issue? They don't appear to have much in the way of a long term plan or goal. Even when they have a successful book, like Batgirl, like start trying to do things that would ultimately fuck it up like fire the writer (lucky for them, Gail fans whipped up enough outrage to make them change their tune).
No book is safe at DC unless it's got a big character and/or big name writer on it. I have no idea how they expect to have any long term success with their second and third string books if readers have no confidence in purchasing them. Unless they don't expect to have any success there, and are just putting stuff like Team 7 and SoS out for the lolz.
(Firestorm and Hawkman were asking for it though. I'm amazed they're still around. Also, DC Universe Presents should have been one of those once a week digital dealies like Legends of the Dark Knight.)
No book is safe at DC unless it's got a big character and/or big name writer on it. I have no idea how they expect to have any long term success with their second and third string books if readers have no confidence in purchasing them. Unless they don't expect to have any success there, and are just putting stuff like Team 7 and SoS out for the lolz.
(Firestorm and Hawkman were asking for it though. I'm amazed they're still around. Also, DC Universe Presents should have been one of those once a week digital dealies like Legends of the Dark Knight.)
SpiderJerusalem
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Freezasaurus
Member
There was the Thanos series... what else?
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Victor Von Doom drawn by Becky. But that was the November before.
Rumor is Captain Marvel is getting the axe, but frankly it hasn't been as good as it could be.
slightconfuse
Banned
Thanos became the book that Jason Aaron is writing .
Also Hickman has a Thanos thing
CM actually came out, so that can't be it. I think Rafa is right - there was supposed to be a Doom mini by Nick Spencer and Becky Cloonan that was shelved a while back.
e: with Thanos, it's still shitty but at least the dudes on that book (Keatinge/Elson) are currently doing an ongoing series. DC's basically like "well, those guys that aren't doing stuff right now? don't worry! they might be doing something in ~the future~".
The rumour that if you get canned and talk about it online (i.e. "pull a Simone") then they won't hire you again is really damning too.
sazabirules
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Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
And oversized hardcover, which is ducking awesome.
pock3tmonster
Banned
I know this was not selling as well as expected but I thought given the higher price point and thus greater dollar value for DC, it had stronger chance of lasting longer. Damn it. Seriously frustrated. I absolutely loved this new take on Amethyst, the artwork alone was beautiful and I thought it was well-written even if it was slow-going. I'm truly, truly disappointed in this decision. Amethyst is a character that could have benefited from greater exposure in DC comics and related media. I thought the animated shorts were well-received as well?
Please, oh please let Amethyst join Justice League Dark as a full-time member!
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FOR REAL?! Wow. The constant cancellations and shuffling of creators at DC hasn't had much impact on what I'm reading until now. I was excited for Vibe. I'm sure I read an article just a couple of weeks ago pointing to the fact that DC was doing something right in their promotion of the book, as it was one of the hottest reordered titles: (http://forums.comicbookresources.co...n-Vibe-is-one-of-the-hottest-reordered-titles)
Surely that's a positive sign, right? What are you doing DC?! Andrew Kreisberg had great ideas for his run. :/ On the bright side, I have to admit that I love Sterling Gates and his short tenure writing Kid Flash as a Flashpoint tie-in is one of my favourite reads.
12 volumes and still on-going from what I can tell. I've been wanting to get into it, I hear it's really good.
SpiderJerusalem
Banned
oh I thought Cloak and Dagger was happening too but maybe it was just the mini
BlueScrote
Member
They already fired and re-hired Gail Simone for Batgirl.
And tried to pass it off as "waiting for the scripts to come in".
pock3tmonster
Banned
I'm guessing that following the cancellation bomb, one of the eight titles DC will be announcing for the next wave will be the leaked team book, led by Booster Gold. I'm also expecting a Booster Gold solo book running concurrent. Fingers crossed. I'd love to see DC announce solo titles for Cyborg and Shazam as well. I think I could forgive them for cancelling Sword of Sorcery in exchange.
BleedingCool have also said that Trinity Wars starts in May.
BleedingCool have also said that Trinity Wars starts in May.
TheKaeptain
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BenjaminBirdie
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