DiDio & Lee Prepare for "Trinity War" and DC's New 52: Year Two

[CBR News]

DC Comics Co-Publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee discuss their concrete goals for 2013, the past year of the New 52 and the lead up to next year's "Trinity War" event.



Full article here.

[sunofdarkchild]

"It's still new! I think the 'New X-Men' have been 'New' for a very long time, so don't knock my New off so soon!"

Seriously, Didio? I know you're joking to break the ice, but seriously?

[Flashpoint]

"It's still new! I think the 'New X-Men' have been 'New' for a very long time, so don't knock my New off so soon!"

Seriously, Didio? I know you're joking to break the ice, but seriously?

He's got a point. I mean, Cartoon Network was planning to relaunch the TT cartoon as "New Teen Titans"--32 years after the original "New" Teen Titans lauched in 1980.

Using the term new has never been consistent in comics (or anywhere else, for that matter). People still talk about "New" Coke almost 30 years after it came out.

[sunofdarkchild]

So where is this 'New X-Men' book he talks about? There hasn't been a book with that title for years. It makes him look like he's pretending to know what's going on at Marvel.

[Kyle Anderson]

So where is this 'New X-Men' book he talks about? There hasn't been a book with that title for years. It makes him look like he's pretending to know what's going on at Marvel.

Well, trades? It's still printed as "New X-Men" and not "X-Men", I think. And:

[InformationGeek]

Sounds like an interesting year ahead. I do like the sound of creating new characters and launching them in new titles as well. Could be pretty great! I look forward the upcoming year with excitement.

[NexusTenebrare]

I kinda wish DC would try to build up the Wonder Woman franchise a bit more. Create some new characters or find some old ones that sort f relate to her (it doesn't even have to be a straight up connection) and try and give them a book or two, instead of adding yet more Superman and Batman books.
It always strikes me as odd that they have this whole Trinity thing going on and yet Wonder Woman only has the one book to represent her corner of the DC universe.

[Flashpoint]

I kinda wish DC would try to build up the Wonder Woman franchise a bit more. Create some new characters or find some old ones that sort f relate to her (it doesn't even have to be a straight up connection) and try and give them a book or two, instead of adding yet more Superman and Batman books.
It always strikes me as odd that they have this whole Trinity thing going on and yet Wonder Woman only has the one book to represent her corner of the DC universe.

It is extremely difficult to do that. It's nowhere near as easy as fans would like to think.

Look at all the hard work and almost a decade of writing that Geoff Johns has poured into the GL franchise. It is very, very hard to expand the sales footprint of any property and then change the buying habits of hundreds of thousands of customers to keep sales consistently high enough that any spinoffs won't quickly die.

Never assume it's just a matter of publishing. It's also a matter of marketing, sales and transforming consumer buying habits that are literally entrenched for many decades. That is absolutely not easy or simple.

[Leap Day William]

Sounds like an interesting year ahead. I do like the sound of creating new characters and launching them in new titles as well. Could be pretty great! I look forward the upcoming year with excitement.

Hey, if you don't have anything negative to say, then don't say anything at all! For God's sake, man, this is a comic message board!

[NexusTenebrare]

It is extremely difficult to do that. It's nowhere near as easy as fans would like to think.

Look at all the hard work and almost a decade of writing that Geoff Johns has poured into the GL franchise. It is very, very hard to expand the sales footprint of any property and then change the buying habits of hundreds of thousands of customers to keep sales consistently high enough that any spinoffs won't quickly die.

Never assume it's just a matter of publishing. It's also a matter of marketing, sales and transforming consumer buying habits that are literally entrenched for many decades. That is absolutely not easy or simple.

Never said it was easy, but I don't think they're really even trying.
They'll never change anything if they don't try it first.
They've been saying they're proud that they can take risks with giving new characters a chance and stuff. Well let them give a chance to a character with a Wonder Woman background instead of characters like Talon that rely on a connection to Batman.

[Namtab]

Hey, if you don't have anything negative to say, then don't say anything at all! For God's sake, man, this is a comic message board!

I'll give it a go: I don't really care about new characters all that much, especially those headlining their own books, like Talon. I read DC for the DC characters I've loved since before the reboot. I have no issue with new characters mixed in with old ones, like GL Baz in the upcoming JLA, and I plan on at least trying that book out.

If I want 'new' characters then I'll try a 'new' publisher.

[El Sombrero]

I kinda wish DC would try to build up the Wonder Woman franchise a bit more. Create some new characters or find some old ones that sort f relate to her (it doesn't even have to be a straight up connection) and try and give them a book or two, instead of adding yet more Superman and Batman books.
It always strikes me as odd that they have this whole Trinity thing going on and yet Wonder Woman only has the one book to represent her corner of the DC universe.

Yeah I was thinking the other day that with their successful sales, it would be neat to add a second Wonder Woman book, and a second Flash book.

[Rafa]

If they added a second WW or Flash book, they would shoehorn a bat family character into it and make them the focus like Teen Titans. And currently WW isn't even the focus of her own book.

[sunofdarkchild]

I'll give it a go: I don't really care about new characters all that much, especially those headlining their own books, like Talon. I read DC for the DC characters I've loved since before the reboot. I have no issue with new characters mixed in with old ones, like GL Baz in the upcoming JLA, and I plan on at least trying that book out.

If I want 'new' characters then I'll try a 'new' publisher.

Really? I mean, there have always been new characters being constantly introduced. The silver age was defined by this. X-Men was defined by this once it became the premiere Marvel comic. Introducing new characters has always been one of the most effective and easiest ways to keep the universe fresh. Maybe things will get too big at some point, but expansion is necessary to prevent or curb stagnation.

[Namtab]

Really? I mean, there have always been new characters being constantly introduced. The silver age was defined by this. X-Men was defined by this once it became the premiere Marvel comic. Introducing new characters has always been one of the most effective and easiest ways to keep the universe fresh. Maybe things will get too big at some point, but expansion is necessary to prevent or curb stagnation.

I guess it really depends on how DC plans on introducing these new characters. Again, I won't be reading Talon, as I just don't see the point, but team books are a different story. My all-time fav incarnation of the Justice League was the Kelly/Mahnke run, and I loved the addition of Manitou Raven, Dawn and Faith, but if they had been in a book without the other League-ers instead, I probably wouldn't have been interested.