Good Luck (You Poor Fools)
Wasn't gonna blog today, but an article caught my eye. I was over on comicbookresources, and there was an article detailing the opening wave of titles from the new Virgin Comics line. I'm assuming that Virgin Comics is owned by the big fat Virgin corps that's got the Record company and whatnot. Which is to say the financial backing is there, right off the bat. According to the article, there's three comics in the intial release, which I can sum up pretty quick: Hot chick fights crime, Hot chick kills people, and Supernatural cop comic. Well, at least they're not bothering with superheroes. Apparently, Virgin is going to have an entire line of comics written by Film Directors as well. Course, I hadn't heard of the guy writing the one book, but I digress.
Honestly, not sure what to think about this yet. What I've seen of the art looks pretty glossy. After reading the run down I'm not really drawn to any of the books. My days of reading books about hot chicks beating people up have passed me by. (And yes, Boolah, I'm well aware that Love and Rockets features a large cast of well endowed women, but there's more to the book than just boobies. Not that I mind the occassional breast...)
Will Virgin survive this warzone called the comics industry? Well, that depends on the people with the money. The books will probably sell fairly well by comic standards, but selling well by comics standards don't mean much nowadays. If the bigwigs at Virgin are expecting this venture to be a cash cow, then I gots a feeling they're gonna be sorely disappointed. If that's the case, I expect them to pull the plug within 2 years. Otherwise, Virgin could probably dink around the comic industry for quite a while.
If anyone from the new Virgin Comics venture happens to be reading this (and, yes, I know that no one is, but bear with me), here's my advice as an avid comics reader and a comic book publisher. If you're doing this for the money, just stop now. The only people that make any real money in this industry are Marvel and DC, and they're not making enough to live on. Marvel makes most of its money through Movie, TV, Licensing Deals, and Action Figures. DC is a tax write off for AOL/Time/Warner, and a place to keep a handful of potentially lucrative franchises alive and visible (Superman, Batman, ect). If you're in this to have an idea farm for Movies, TV, and ect, don't bother. Better men than you have tried and failed. Hell, just look at most of the crap DC tries to put out into the open world. And they're owned by WARNER BROTHERS! (Just thinking of Catwoman or that crummy Birds of Prey TV series makes my skin crawl) If you're here to try to bring new ideas to the industry and to make exciting new comics, though, well then, I commend you. But if that is your goal, then you better try harder, cause that opening wave of crap looks like something regurgitated from the mid-90s.
Honestly, not sure what to think about this yet. What I've seen of the art looks pretty glossy. After reading the run down I'm not really drawn to any of the books. My days of reading books about hot chicks beating people up have passed me by. (And yes, Boolah, I'm well aware that Love and Rockets features a large cast of well endowed women, but there's more to the book than just boobies. Not that I mind the occassional breast...)
Will Virgin survive this warzone called the comics industry? Well, that depends on the people with the money. The books will probably sell fairly well by comic standards, but selling well by comics standards don't mean much nowadays. If the bigwigs at Virgin are expecting this venture to be a cash cow, then I gots a feeling they're gonna be sorely disappointed. If that's the case, I expect them to pull the plug within 2 years. Otherwise, Virgin could probably dink around the comic industry for quite a while.
If anyone from the new Virgin Comics venture happens to be reading this (and, yes, I know that no one is, but bear with me), here's my advice as an avid comics reader and a comic book publisher. If you're doing this for the money, just stop now. The only people that make any real money in this industry are Marvel and DC, and they're not making enough to live on. Marvel makes most of its money through Movie, TV, Licensing Deals, and Action Figures. DC is a tax write off for AOL/Time/Warner, and a place to keep a handful of potentially lucrative franchises alive and visible (Superman, Batman, ect). If you're in this to have an idea farm for Movies, TV, and ect, don't bother. Better men than you have tried and failed. Hell, just look at most of the crap DC tries to put out into the open world. And they're owned by WARNER BROTHERS! (Just thinking of Catwoman or that crummy Birds of Prey TV series makes my skin crawl) If you're here to try to bring new ideas to the industry and to make exciting new comics, though, well then, I commend you. But if that is your goal, then you better try harder, cause that opening wave of crap looks like something regurgitated from the mid-90s.
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Didn't know I was the voice of dissidence...
The last comic company to be financially backed like that was CrossGen, and I didn't read a single issue of anything they put out. I'm not looking forward to these new ones either.
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