Dan DiDio always entertains

[Augie De Blieck Jr.]

In case I didn't already link to it here, check this interview excerpt out:

http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/12/10/20q-with-dan-didio-preview/

My mind is officially blown.

-Augie

[pmpknface]

Just saw this thread...

... yeah it is a mess. I had wanted to read Morrison's RIP. Now - not so sure.

FYI - they solicited for the FINAL CRISIS HC in the recent solicts. I'm sorely disappointed that it ONLY has the 1-7, and not any tie-in material.

At an absolute MINIMUM they should put recap text pages in either the front or between issues that recap other stories. They did this in the last Rucka Wonder Woman tpb where she had killed Max lord in another series and explained the whole deal behind that, so there's a prescedence for that kind of thing.

O well..........

[De Carabas]

I absolutely get DC's dilemma. Comic fans are starting to splinter into issue readers and collection readers. DC wants to cater to both. That's fine and sensible. But this just seems botched.

From what I have read online, the FC tie-ins seem critical to following the main FC story. Why not collect those? Why not tell fans that R.I.P. is a FC tie-in/lead-in/whatever from Day One, and avoid the confusion? If you are afraid that fans will get upset and feel led on, then that's probably a good hint that you need to rethink the story.

If DC can convince fans to read a weekly series, then they should have no problem with telling fans that R.I.P. was always meant to be a part of a mini-series that is by the same writer! Sadly, I'm now wondering if I even want to bother with either collection.

EM

[kevhines]

A smart thing Marvel did was kill Captain America in his own book. They could have killed Captain America in Secret Invasion, but it would have helped the sales of the last issue of a mini-series.

Killing him in the core book hopefully gets folks interested in reading the book.

Instead you have a vague maybe death in Batman, and a possibly cool death buried in a mini-series.

The main book should not be for the ramifications, but for the actual event!!!

Eh, whatever. I stopped getting all DCU books when they took Tom Peyer off Flash right after Dixon got punted off his books and Johns said he was leaving Booster Gold.... no book can keep a writer for long enough for me to invest in the serial stories.

Vertigo still gets my money, but not DCU.

[pmpknface]

Vertigo still gets my money, but not DCU.

Pretty much the same here. But I'll dive into non-current continuity stuff like JUSTICE or All Star stuff.

[jclaus]

I agree with everything being said about DC. I have always been a Marvel Zombie, but did follow DC books depending on the story/creator. I look back on the original COIE and remembering absolutely loving it. Big, epic story affecting many characters and having real dangers and consequences. I was not "married" to the Barry Allen Flash or original Supergirl, but was shocked when both died. Superman holding the body of Supergirl is probably still one of my favorite images of all time. And if I remember correctly, neither had a current solo series at the time (Flash had just ended around #350?). The Batman RIP story just seems messed up from the start and no one could stop the boulder rolling down the hill. I understand both sides of the collection argument, but having two "definitive" endings is just confusing and I think would just alienate readers. The Batman's death needed to be shown in BATMAN proper. And to be honest, I was disappointed in his death in FC. I did not feel the proper emotional build up had been in place for the payoff.