Re: DC Sales, October 2003

"Marc-Oliver Frisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Sean Walsh wrote:
>
> : > (I'm thinking of getting the non-crossover-polluted issues of this
one,
> : since
> : > I'm rather fond of Joe Casey's work, by the way.  Can anybody point me
to
> : the
> : > right numbers?)
> :
> : Honestly? Besides the Funky Flashman issue (#613), the only issues I
own -
> : and have heard were halfway-decent - ARE the crossover issues...
>
> Absolutely.  I find Casey's work on WILDCATS, AUTOMATIC KAFKA, CABLE, MR.
> MAJESTIC and assorted other titles highly enjoyable.  And since I heard
that DC
> untangled their Superman books a while back, I thought I could give this
one
> another try as well.  (I left during the "Our Worlds at War" abomination.)

I'd be safe and stay AWAY from Superman until the new teams come onboard.
Rucka takes over for Casey on ADVENTURES, so that's obviously the best of
the lot. Azzarello and Lee's SUPERMAN seems to be forming up to be a much
better book than Loeb and Lee's BATMAN. And, while the only book I'd
recommend is ACTION, Kelly's ACTION (like a lot of other books he's on) is
very spotty; decent storyline here and there (like, of recent note, #800 and
the "Harvest" storyline) and crap everywhere else. And of course following
Kelly will be.........

> : > Chuck Austen sells comics like no one else, doesn't he?
> :
> : Well, not for DC (sadly), but Marvel he does....
>
> Well, *I* could sell UNCANNY X-MEN, particularly with a 25-cent issue and
a
> movie-tie in.

I was treated today to something that, while thinking about UXM again,
relates to this subject: the success of Jay Leno over Letterman. While
Letterman is creatively a better and more intriguing show, Leno is bland and
simplistic. Therefore, the masses flock to that over Letterman; why go for
the more clever product that makes you think when you can just chuckle for a
hour without that brain activity? (The point wasn't so derogatory towards
Leno; that's just how I'm flavoring up the opinion). :p

Now just replace Leno is UXM and you'll see what I mean (while Letterman
is......well, pretty much any decent critically acclaimed comic that sells
like crap, or at least not as well as UXM does).

> : Gen13 is returning back to the original cast
> : (per request of Jim Lee);
>
> Right in time to be cancelled.

Actually, this volume of Gen13 is being cancelled to make way for a new
series which features on the original cast. My original comment above was a
bit vague, I'm afraid; sorry.

> : Um..............yes? You've been blessed by not knowing there's a Looney
> : Tunes movie (in theatres TODAY!)?
>
> I was blissfully oblivious, I kid you not.

Yowza. Well............Steve Martin's in it (as the head of the ACME
company), so *that* fact alone makes the movie mostly redeemable.

-- 
Sean

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