Friday, August 15, 2008

Good News, Everyone!

I don't know how I somehow missed two of these factoids until today, when the third factoid was announced. I can only conclude that it was the will of a just and loving deity who wanted to give me some good news to perk me up in the wake of what has been a pretty lousy week.

Still... Every little bit helps.


1. Judd Winick is off Green Arrow/Black Canary as of Issue #15!

2.Mike Grell returns to DC to revive Warlord!

3.Kevin Smith returns to DC to write Batman vs. Onomatopoeia!


My comments?

1. Apparently someone at DC finally noticed that the only active discussions on the Green Arrow boards on their own forums involved discussions of plot-holes in the current GA/BC storyline, complaints about how Dinah and Ollie were secondary characters in their own book with Batman doing most of the work and speculation on how much better anyone else would be at writing the book. Not to mention the series lost whatever new readers it picked up from The Wedding stunt and is back at it's end-of the-GA-solo-series numbers (Sales figures taken from http://www.cbgxtra.com/Default.aspx?tabid=695 )

1. 52,128
2. 42,811
3. 40,297
4. 35,011
5. 36,639
6. 32,611
7. 32,027
8. 30,855
9. 30,319

And on a side tangent... why is it still the Green Arrow boards, huh? It's been a year since Green Arrow/Black Canary put out issue #1 folks. Let's snap to it, huh?

Obviously, I'm happy. I'll admit to being somewhat wary that the new writer is new to DC Comics. Still, he did write one of the best episodes of the Justice League cartoon and his Helen Killer book is much greatness. He's also making a living doing television writing which is just as difficult to find steady professional work in as comics. And he did say all the right things in the above interview - i.e. focus on Ollie and Dinah in their city with their family, no more globe-trotting with Batman.

2. Well, he's not writing Green Arrow... but he's in the perfect position to do a guest spot. Writing or artwork would be cool.

And of course the return of Warlord is a good thing, as well. And that's even ignoring the chance of a revival of the Ollie Queen/Travis Morgan running-gag. Much as I want to see Ollie get back to basics at home, I do love the idea of the Arrow Family getting stranded in Skartaris.

3. Give DC credit. This time they made sure all the scripts were done before they even announced the book. Seriously, I love Smith's writing but the man can't keep a monthly deadline schedule AND keep being one of the best director/producer/writers of his generation.

5 comments:

  1. You just like Ollie running around in a fur loin cloth.. no wait.. that's me.
    Srsly though I think the best thing he says is 'I haven't talked to Judd'
    WOOT.

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  2. As for Dinah like Sheena.. well.. its not that far a stretch in costuming and her lack of shame was gone years ago.

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  3. I figured that was the 'be polite so he doesn't leave the character's life in a shambles for the new incoming writer to have to figure out how to fix the clusterfuck'

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  4. Ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha!
    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
    ... oh, wait...hee-hee... You were serious?
    Sorry. For a minute I thought you were implying that Win-hack HADN'T already done that...

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  5. Plus, blondes in leopard-print = sales.
    I suppose - in that respect - we should be thankful that out of all the Will Eisner creations available, Frank Miller decided to focus his attention on The Spirit and not Sheena...

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