Aldo reads DC's New 52 (So you don't have to)

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=47143

'You think this is gonna be for kids? Stop, stop. We don't publish comics for kids. We publish comics for 45-year olds. If you want to do comics for kids, you can do 'Scooby-Doo.'

Way to go, DiDio.

I am guessing that was the wrong article?

No, it's just one line in a massive piece.

Gist is:

Paul Pope has idea for Kamandi as an all ages book
DiDio tells him that comics are only for middle aged men
DiDio tells him if he wants to write for anybody else he has to write Scooby Doo
Paul Pope tells DC to go fuck themselves

oh lol, I was searching for DiDio rather than 45

Sorry, PP cryptically calls him Head of DC Comics and not by name.

On the plus side, you get to read a Paul Pope interview.

bookmarked for later, thanks. nice to see Gene Yang too

I like Dan's total commitment to inevitable obsolescence

"It was heartbreaking, in a way. There just aren't enough comics for kids. There aren't enough good comics for kids. And I just carried that around for a while."

as a parent who takes his daughter to the local comic shop a couple times a month this is, sadly, really true. the guy who runs the local is great, he has a kids section, little stools set out, he makes kids feel welcome - but there's no doubt that the vast majority of stuff in the shop is not just not aimed at them, or even appropriate for them. I guide my daughter's reading pretty carefully but it sucks that I have to actively search to find a Wonder Woman or Superman comic that isn't loaded with sex or gore.

the titles Marvel/DC churn out for kids is usually restricted to like, one title apiece - and then there's toy and tv tie-ins, which are crap. there's a handful of indie sort of stuff but it's pretty slim pickins.

buy the b+w compendiums of 50's to 80's stuff. that's reasonably cheap, fun and COMIX CODE APPROVED

Well yeah thats the thing I end up sticking largely to silver and bronze age stuff. Which is wonderful, but it throws current stuff into stark contrast.

Sadly, I've had rotten luck getting either of my kids interested in Showcase/Essentials B/W volumes. Though my son loves his big collections of THE WALKING DEAD.

I can only hope that this is a phase, but seeing as this phase has dragged on for some time now, I'm not optimistic.

Go for manga I say, or get a bunch of those "Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told" type books

hmm yeah I haven't tried any manga. I have the collection of original Bizarro stories and a couple silver age superman collections, she loves all that stuff. and my 3 volumes of Herbie archives. and Grant Morrison's All-Star Superman. have waffled about getting the compilation of DC's Greatest Imaginary Stories featuring Batman and Robin cuz while they are super-entertaining and goofy they're also insanely sexist.

Little Lulu ftw

tbh i appreciated that Silver Age stuff way more as an adult than as a kid

weed smoking parents give their kids gilbert shelton to read alongside carl barks.
or so i've heard.

Kev Maguire thrown off Justice League 3000

I was probably asking for it, but read through all six parts of Trinity War last night -- really one of the worst comic stories I've ever read. Like, bad Jeph Loeb bad. Superheroes in weird costumes arguing for six issues, with no resolution.

I started typing something about this but the internet ate it. It's best summarised as "Some shit happened".

New 52 version of Tiny Footprints turned out to be a key plotpoint.

Is that like literally "Who killed Sue Dibny?" or just another "Hey guys, we've got a terrible idea"?

Spoiler:

They put KRYPTONITE in Superman's BRANE

It's basically just action figure superdicks being obnoxious. You're waiting for Marshall Law or The Boys to turn up in the next panel, but they never do.

It's more tiny footprints than that, The Atom (who is now a woman) used Atom Shrinky Technology to put TINY KRYPTONITE in Superman's BRANE.

Action Figure Superdick Playtime as directed by Tommy Wiseau.

is the TPB of Grant Morrison's Action run worth getting

It's better than most new-52, but it's really frustrating: as I think I said somewhere else on ILC, it's like reading in random order an incomplete run of what would be an awesome series if only you had all the bits and they were arranged chronologically.

Basically, All-Star was his perfect take on the character; this is a bit of a mess.

Seconded. And honestly, him returning to Superman after the ALL-STAR run feels downright superfluous.

There were some bits and pieces that might've been good, but it always felt (much like FINAL CRISIS) that we were getting half the comic that we were meant to be getting.

What in hell happened in Trinity War? I don't get it. So the seven deadly sins are from Earth 3? If they left that dimension to come to earth, how come Earth 3 is still sinful? Or will nothing happen if they get killed on Earth 1? And wasn't Earth 3 gone from the DCU before Nu52? So Pandora actually created the threat she was warning about? Way to go Pandora.

crap

I don't understand why anyone would willingly read that miniseries, much less expect it to be coherent and/or quality.

So, Damian Wayne will be back in the DCU next summer then.

fyi after Trinity War I went ahead and dropped all of my DC books, since they either cancelled the ones I was enjoying or did this horrible Forever Evil villain stunt that I didn't care about at all

I mean, on paper the idea that the A-line heroes were all taken out by an interdimensional invasion and the villains all have to band together to save the world is a strong one but I'm so removed from DC continuity that I honestly couldn't care less about it.

RIP Dial H, you were super weird at times

I just saw someone refer to their current publishing as "DCpointing" and I applaud using a shitty piece of humor to describe their shitty efforts.

At this point, if they just became a reprint house I think I'd be okay with it.

idgi

disappointing.

ohhh

At this point, if they just became a reprint house I think I'd be okay with it.

if they stop paying royalties, the way they've stopped paying other rights post-Levitz, I wouldn't be. (I mean, I'm not supporting any of their current initiatives either. maybe Multiversity if it ever comes out, but that's pre-nu52, he desperately justified.)

they need to do a marvel unlimited style subscription service in the worst way.

Yup.

Pretty sure whatever the current staffers turn their attention to they can do in the worst wY.

DC to abandon NYC and move to Burbank. If they can leave their history behind, I guess I can leave them behind.

The nicest thing I can think to say about what happened to the Justice League is that I don't think it's been done before.

(For those not reading i.e. all of you, they were sucked into Firestorm)

DC's entire line seems to be Countdown bad at the moment (maybe marginally better art). I see Geoff Johns got a new form of head squashing into the last Forever Evil.

what we've been missing

http://i.newsarama.com/images/i/000/118/099/i300/superman-wonder-wonder-3-var.jpg?1384970140

I don't remember seeing that picture anywhere. Where's it from?

It's pervading the whole company, in DCU vs Masters of the Universe (no, really) WW calls Supes her bf. Although the main universe is over it and the Forever Evil WW alt whose name I can't be arsed remembering is doing Owlman and Ultraman behind each others backs (with strong rape/domestic violence implications also).

That's the alternate cover for issue 3.

Ah. Ta.

that sounds like a funny if pointless crossover series

You're half right.

i just read a review that (spoilers) the big evil behind it all is a redesigned nu-52 style ORKO which is freakin' hilarious

Yeah, he's the final reveal in #3 (oops, spoilers LIKE ANYONE CARES).