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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Sept 27, 2017 21:58:36 GMT
ROM: SPACE KNIGHT
Ghost Rider (done better)
Man-Thing (ditto)
Micronauts
Super Villain Team-Up
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Sept 29, 2017 18:59:05 GMT
DC, Marvel, Image Comics, IDW, Dynamite Entertainment, Zenescope, Action Lab, Broadsword, Boundless Comics etc... I like so many of your options because you mixed in a lot of independent properties. If the genre is going to continue its going to need fresh blood in terms of new characters, and that means independents.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Sept 30, 2017 16:10:16 GMT
And you know what else I would like? I would like for Marvel and D.C. both to create whole waves of NEW characters.
Not new versions of existing characters, and not to get rid of existing and classic characters, but rather an addition of totally NEW characters. D.C. is doing something close to that with their upcoming Dark Matter titles. Both those are mostly updated versions of pre-existing properties. I want totally new characters.
Problem is that when totally new characters come out from independent companies they get easily brushed aside by the readership. Only image has come close. But if Marvel and D.C. did them then it would be a big deal that readers would latch onto.
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Post by thedarklantern on Oct 2, 2017 2:57:51 GMT
Creature Commandos
Chakan The Forever Man (I've only played the Sega game from the 90s as the comics are too hard to get hold of, but the artwork I've seen of the comics had a very cool gothic aesthetic, plus the character had an interesting story, at least in the game)
Wild Cards (not a comic per se, but a series of superhero (kind of) books by George R R Martin, among others, and later adapted into comic form. (Not a fan of GOT at all, but given how hugely popular it is, I'm surprised tv/movie companies haven't been rushing to adapt Martin's earlier work.))
Milestone, specifically Blood Syndicate. Since Urban culture seems a lot more prevalent than when Milestone was launched in the 90s, and a lot of people bemoan the lack of black/ethnic centric cbms, DC/WB really should do something with Milestone, maybe the way Vertigo has had a few tv adaptations, Preacher, Lucifer, etc, a Milestone/Dakota tv series could be made, rather than a specific title, it could include all the characters, Hardware, Icon, Static, Xombi, etc, probably add a few white characters as well so it doesn't seem like it's aimed at a niche audience. Personally, Blood Syndicate was probably my favourite title, as although I'm not a fan of gang culture, a gang of super-powered anti-heroes was quite a cool concept back in the day.
Also, seconding Micronauts and ROM the Spaceknight. A year or so back, Universal(?) were said to be combining them with G I Joe into a shared cinematic universe a la Marvel, but there hasn't been much news lately.
Lastly, maybe some characters from 2000AD, IIRC, Strontium Dog, ABC Warriors and Judge Dredd and a few others have crossed over in the comics, so that's a whole shared universe (albeit in different time periods) they could create.
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Post by poelzig on Oct 2, 2017 3:11:06 GMT
I need to finish reading that comic. I was binge reading it on an awesome free online site but I burned myself out and haven't returned yet. Good stuff though.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 12:57:47 GMT
And you know what else I would like? I would like for Marvel and D.C. both to create whole waves of NEW characters.
Not new versions of existing characters, and not to get rid of existing and classic characters, but rather an addition of totally NEW characters. D.C. is doing something close to that with their upcoming Dark Matter titles. Both those are mostly updated versions of pre-existing properties. I want totally new characters.
Problem is that when totally new characters come out from independent companies they get easily brushed aside by the readership. Only image has come close. But if Marvel and D.C. did them then it would be a big deal that readers would latch onto. Well, I wouldn’t say Image Comic is the only one. Dynamite Entertainment has some big selling and well known characters like Red Sonja, Vampirella, Sheena: Queen of the Jungle, John Carter and Dejah Thoris and then there is the Phantom and he is the biggest selling superhero of all time here in Australia and also the fifth biggest selling superhero of all time in the world. I am actually surprised DC or Marvel never tried to buy the rights of the Phantom since unlike Image Comics series like Spawn and Witchblade the Phantom isn’t that violent and I think he could fit in with the other superheroes. The problem with ‘the Phantom’ is the Billy Zane movie was very disappointing and the TV movie/Miniseries was awful and the new and improved costume was awful too but I strongly believe with a great script the Phantom could beat a lot of DC and Marvel movies at the Box Office ‘cause he is a great character which is why he has been so successful.
You are totally right about DC and Marvel with new superheroes though and I was talking to another person about this not long ago and while I like a lot of the characters under the companies it is kinda like they have run out of ideas and are not willing to take risks anymore ‘cause they keep using all of the same superheroes they have been using for 50 + years over and over again and don’t create any new superhero series anymore. With DC the only new characters they have come up with in the past thirty years that have been popular have been superheroes like Linda Danvers, The Spoiler, Orphan, Bluebird, Batwing, Strix, Misfit, Starling and Jessica Cruz but most of them are all part of established series like Batman, Birds of Prey and Green Lantern and Linda Danvers took over as Supergirl in the 90s with Peter David. With Marvel the only superheroes that have taken off have been SpiderGwen, Silk, the Prowler and Ms Marvel (Kamala) and they all came from Spider-Man and Kamala just replaced Carol Danvers when she took on the role of Captain Marvel.
The majority of new characters in the past 30 years that have been successful have been under independent comic book companies and popular new series in the 90s with female leads like Witchblade, Razor, Shi, Lady Death, Wynonna Earp, The Magdalena, Fathom, Darkchylde, Warrior Nun Areala, Soulfire, Painkiller Jane, Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose to more recent series Hack/Slash, Saga, Rat Queens, Monstress, Sunstone, Mercy Thompson, Bitch Planet, The Wicked + The Divine, Sex Criminals and the revamped Red Sonja and Vampirella which pushed Red Sonja over the 100 million worldwide sales mark were not under DC or Marvel. Ron Marz talked about this in one of the 'Witchblade' graphic novels and said they decided to do female lead series 'cause they knew there was a big demand for them and DC and Marvel were poorly lacking in that field and when Top Cow did 'Witchblade' it blew the lid off and lead to a lot of other female lead series being made. While I like some of DC and Marvel's female superheroes female characters have always been one of their low points up until the last 30 years and I think they mostly started focusing more on characters like Supergirl and came up Birds of Prey 'cause they saw the success Image Comics was having.
DC and Marvel do need to come up with more new characters and not just characters but new series. One of the main reasons I think they have lost so many new popular characters to other companies is 'cause they want to have ownership of the characters and a lot of comic book writers aren't willing to give big companies that anymore and want to keep it for themselves. And you know what? I don't blame them 'cause they lose so much money when those characters become successful and Stan Lee has said he regrets giving Spider-Man and many of his superheroes to Marvel and tried to take them to court to get them back but failed. Ownership was the main reason Image Comics was formed. Todd MacFarlane and Marc Silvestro were smart keeping the rights of Spawn and Witchblade to themselves. If DC and Marvel can work out some type of deal they would have more new series.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 13:00:59 GMT
DC, Marvel, Image Comics, IDW, Dynamite Entertainment, Zenescope, Action Lab, Broadsword, Boundless Comics etc... I like so many of your options because you mixed in a lot of independent properties. If the genre is going to continue its going to need fresh blood in terms of new characters, and that means independents. Yes. You are right and I love a lot of independent series and have been waiting YEARS to see them on screen!!!
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Post by sostie on Oct 3, 2017 13:38:47 GMT
And you know what else I would like? I would like for Marvel and D.C. both to create whole waves of NEW characters.
Not new versions of existing characters, and not to get rid of existing and classic characters, but rather an addition of totally NEW characters. D.C. is doing something close to that with their upcoming Dark Matter titles. Both those are mostly updated versions of pre-existing properties. I want totally new characters.
Problem is that when totally new characters come out from independent companies they get easily brushed aside by the readership. Only image has come close. But if Marvel and D.C. did them then it would be a big deal that readers would latch onto. Well, I wouldn’t say Image Comic is the only one. Dynamite Entertainment has some big selling and well known characters like Red Sonja, Vampirella, Sheena: Queen of the Jungle, John Carter and Dejah Thoris and then there is the Phantom and he is the biggest selling superhero of all time here in Australia and also the fifth biggest selling superhero of all time in the world. I am just wondering where you get this info from. You call the output by a number of Independent titles as "big selling". Now I guess it depends on the definition of big selling, but independent comics are in the top 100 monthly sales are not that common. A few Image (my fave publisher at the moment) titles are in there, and the odd movie/TV tie in sneak in, but generally indie titles appear in the lower reaches of the sales chart, and sell a fraction of the DC/Marvel titles that dominate the 100 Also I've never seen The Phantom listed as the 5th best selling superhero of all time (Top 10 maybe)
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Oct 3, 2017 17:59:42 GMT
Well, I wouldn’t say Image Comic is the only one. Dynamite Entertainment has some big selling and well known characters like Red Sonja, Vampirella, Sheena: Queen of the Jungle, John Carter and Dejah Thoris and then there is the Phantom and he is the biggest selling superhero of all time here in Australia and also the fifth biggest selling superhero of all time in the world. I am just wondering where you get this info from. You call the output by a number of Independent titles as "big selling". Now I guess it depends on the definition of big selling, but independent comics are in the top 100 monthly sales are not that common. A few Image (my fave publisher at the moment) titles are in there, and the odd movie/TV tie in sneak in, but generally indie titles appear in the lower reaches of the sales chart, and sell a fraction of the DC/Marvel titles that dominate the 100 Also I've never seen The Phantom listed as the 5th best selling superhero of all time (Top 10 maybe) I will agree that her information is optimistic. The fact that any of those characters, coming from independent comic companies, are selling at all is a win. But yes, indies do sell quite low. The ONLY indies that make it into the top 100 on a regular basis are Walking Dead and Saga.
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Post by sostie on Oct 3, 2017 18:15:57 GMT
I am just wondering where you get this info from. You call the output by a number of Independent titles as "big selling". Now I guess it depends on the definition of big selling, but independent comics are in the top 100 monthly sales are not that common. A few Image (my fave publisher at the moment) titles are in there, and the odd movie/TV tie in sneak in, but generally indie titles appear in the lower reaches of the sales chart, and sell a fraction of the DC/Marvel titles that dominate the 100 Also I've never seen The Phantom listed as the 5th best selling superhero of all time (Top 10 maybe) I will agree that her information is optimistic. The fact that any of those characters, coming from independent comic companies, are selling at all is a win. But yes, indies do sell quite low. The ONLY indies that make it into the top 100 on a regular basis are Walking Dead and Saga. I'm not trying to be a dick by asking, just was wondering. I've been collecting for decades and Indies rarely compete with the top titles. I know Deb (sounds like I'm being familiar, but prefer it to saying "she") has talked about the great success and big sales of Witchblade in the past, but I don't remember that at all.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Oct 3, 2017 21:10:36 GMT
I will agree that her information is optimistic. The fact that any of those characters, coming from independent comic companies, are selling at all is a win. But yes, indies do sell quite low. The ONLY indies that make it into the top 100 on a regular basis are Walking Dead and Saga. I'm not trying to be a dick by asking, just was wondering. I've been collecting for decades and Indies rarely compete with the top titles. I know Deb (sounds like I'm being familiar, but prefer it to saying "she") has talked about the great success and big sales of Witchblade in the past, but I don't remember that at all. Well, Witchblade in particular has had highs and lows. Initially it did well, back when Image could do no wrong. And it was drawn by fan fave Michael Turner. But then it hit lows, only to slowly be rejuvenated buy Ron Marz writing and later Stepan Sejics art, but then had lows again.
But again, a lot of these indies are considered successes at sales numbers that are lower than what Marvel or DC would accept. 20000 copies sold would be a huge hit for an indie whereas those are cancellation numbers for the big two.
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Post by General Kenobi on Oct 5, 2017 0:37:57 GMT
Never happen but who wouldn't love to see this?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2017 2:02:20 GMT
Never happen but who wouldn't love to see this? that you cdull? your unmistakable humour hahaha
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2017 11:38:47 GMT
Never happen but who wouldn't love to see this? that you cdull? your unmistakable humour hahaha Yes. That's him except he is now cjdull76. There are some other members on here with different names too.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2017 11:57:26 GMT
Well, I wouldn’t say Image Comic is the only one. Dynamite Entertainment has some big selling and well known characters like Red Sonja, Vampirella, Sheena: Queen of the Jungle, John Carter and Dejah Thoris and then there is the Phantom and he is the biggest selling superhero of all time here in Australia and also the fifth biggest selling superhero of all time in the world. I am just wondering where you get this info from. You call the output by a number of Independent titles as "big selling". Now I guess it depends on the definition of big selling, but independent comics are in the top 100 monthly sales are not that common. A few Image (my fave publisher at the moment) titles are in there, and the odd movie/TV tie in sneak in, but generally indie titles appear in the lower reaches of the sales chart, and sell a fraction of the DC/Marvel titles that dominate the 100 Also I've never seen The Phantom listed as the 5th best selling superhero of all time (Top 10 maybe) Here. It is also mentioned on other sites. The Phantom www.insidermonkey.com/blog/best-selling-comic-books-of-all-time-339592/When you take away the Non-Superhero titles and X Men which is a team the only solo superhero series that have sold more than the Phantom are Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and Captain America making him the fifth biggest selling solo superhero of all time. Mind you, that is not counting all the 583 newspapers worldwide that the comic strips of the Phantom appear in too which at the Phantom's were being read by over 100 million people daily around the world. I am not surprised with the Phantom being so high ‘cause he is very popular here and I can honestly say I don’t know a single person who doesn’t know who the Phantom is whether they read comic or not 'cause he is just one of those names everybody knows and the Phantom comic books come with nearly all our showbags here for shows like the Royal Easter Show that sell thousands which I would say contribute to his sales today too since showbags are very popular and they literally sell tens of thousands every year. I think the Phantom is more popular here and other countries than it is in America since we are the only country in which the Billy Zane movie didn't flop commercially and was seen as a success and in 2000, just over one-fifth of all Phantom newspaper syndication worldwide was in Australia. Here are some things I found for you about the success of the Phantom.www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/the-comic-that-will-not-die/news-story/e43fa9f6d8b19838c54bef0e01e8a9cddeepwoods.org/australia.htmloverland.org.au/2013/06/the-legend-and-the-phantom/
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Post by sostie on Oct 5, 2017 12:04:55 GMT
I am just wondering where you get this info from. You call the output by a number of Independent titles as "big selling". Now I guess it depends on the definition of big selling, but independent comics are in the top 100 monthly sales are not that common. A few Image (my fave publisher at the moment) titles are in there, and the odd movie/TV tie in sneak in, but generally indie titles appear in the lower reaches of the sales chart, and sell a fraction of the DC/Marvel titles that dominate the 100 Also I've never seen The Phantom listed as the 5th best selling superhero of all time (Top 10 maybe) Here. It is also mentioned on other sites. The Phantom www.insidermonkey.com/blog/best-selling-comic-books-of-all-time-339592/When you take away the Non-Superhero titles and X Men which is a team the only solo superhero series that have sold more than the Phantom are Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and Captain America making him the fifth biggest selling solo superhero of all time. Mind you, that is not counting all the 583 newspapers worldwide that the comic strips of the Phantom appear in too which at the Phantom's were being read by over 100 million people daily around the world. I am not surprised with the Phantom being so high ‘cause he is very popular here and I can honestly say I don’t know a single person who doesn’t know who the Phantom is whether they read comic or not 'cause he is just one of those names everybody knows and the Phantom comic books come with nearly all our showbags here for shows like the Royal Easter Show that sell thousands which I would say contribute to his sales today too since showbags are very popular and they literally sell tens of thousands every year. I think the Phantom is more popular here and other countries than it is in America since we are the only country in which the Billy Zane movie didn't flop commercially and was seen as a success and in 2000, just over one-fifth of all Phantom newspaper syndication worldwide was in Australia. Here are some things I found for you about the success of the Phantom.www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/the-comic-that-will-not-die/news-story/e43fa9f6d8b19838c54bef0e01e8a9cddeepwoods.org/australia.htmloverland.org.au/2013/06/the-legend-and-the-phantom/OK, thanks for that. The lists I have read have included Manga sales, and Asterix, which I would say is a superhero, which knocked him out of the Top 5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2017 12:43:24 GMT
I'm not trying to be a dick by asking, just was wondering. I've been collecting for decades and Indies rarely compete with the top titles. I know Deb (sounds like I'm being familiar, but prefer it to saying "she") has talked about the great success and big sales of Witchblade in the past, but I don't remember that at all. Well, Witchblade in particular has had highs and lows. Initially it did well, back when Image could do no wrong. And it was drawn by fan fave Michael Turner. But then it hit lows, only to slowly be rejuvenated buy Ron Marz writing and later Stepan Sejics art, but then had lows again.
But again, a lot of these indies are considered successes at sales numbers that are lower than what Marvel or DC would accept. 20000 copies sold would be a huge hit for an indie whereas those are cancellation numbers for the big two.
Yeah. A lot of Independent series were popular here in the 90s and 00s which was when most of them had their highest sales. Image Comics was very popular back then and they came very close to dethroning Marvel and becoming the second biggest selling comic book company in the world at the time and they currently sit at number three according to the official website. It was also the last big ‘hurrah’ for the comic book industry and since then the overall sales of comic books have dropped almost every year. Some of that I believe is contributed to the rise of illegal file sharing like the music industry and looking at how many millions of views I have seen some free web comics get I have absolutely no doubt there are a lot of naughty people reading comic books online instead of buying them but I don’t think comic books will ever get the sales they got before ‘cause some people see them as fossils. DC and Marvel have an advantage over all of the competition being owned by multi-billion dollar companies like Disney and Time Warner though and that is why a lot of their lesser known heroes have got movies while comics under other companies that have been more successful in all time sales haven’t.
I remember in the 90s series like 'Spawn', 'Witchblade', 'Cyberforce', 'Gen 13', 'Youngblood', 'Wildcats' etc were very popular here and you could get Spawn and Witchblade comic books in all newsagencies and every comic book fan knew who they were. We didn’t have the likes of Aquaman, Captain America, Green Arrow, Booster Gold, Thor or Black Widow in our newsagencies and I heard of Captain America but never read any of the comics and I didn't hear about some of the other DC and Marvel characters until I saw them in ‘Smallville’ and the MCU movies. I also never heard of the Green Arrow until 'Smallville' 'cause it wasn't sold here and a lot of people thought he was a Robin Hood ripoff when he turned up on the show but I knew of the Black Canary 'cause Birds of Prey was sold here. We had Superman, Batman, Spider- Man, the Incredible Hulk, Supergirl, the Flash, Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman and the Fantastic Four back then but apart from those and Image Comics titles the other popular comic book series I remember being sold here were Red Sonja, the Phantom, Vampirella, Archie, Garfield, Sonic the Hedgehog, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Shi, Lady Death, Evil Ernie, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Disney, the Darkness, Darkchylde, the Simpsons etc. Some of the really violent series with blood, gore and nudity would have to order in and my friends would get series like Faust, Razor, Hellina, Pandora, the Crow, Criminal Macabre, Painkiller Jane, Avengelyne, Aphrodite IX from America. 'Darkchylde' was very popular when it first came out and to quote. www.darkchylde.com/story.htmlAlso despite Razor having a reputation for being one of the most violent comic books ever written and had a lot of blood, gore, sex (lesbian sex) and nudity Razor sold over 6 million worldwide at her peak. deadline.com/2017/05/rob-cohens-razor-ccomic-book-to-movie-number-11-films-lotus-entertainment-1202089753/I loved that series and many other female lead series that were coming out at the time especially the Linda Danvers/Supergirl series. A lot of my friends loved it too and they thought the original Supergirl was lame. I think Linda Danvers is the one new superhero in the past 30 years DC really fucked up with ‘cause her ‘Supergirl’ series was the biggest selling and longest running ‘Supergirl’ series of all time and a lot of comic book fans loved her more than Kara ‘cause she was unique and interesting and had her own powers, costume, characters and villains that were different than Superman and the series was more of a Horror series with Linda Danvers fighting demons, vampires, werewolves, witches, monsters, aliens and angels to “redeem her darkened soul.” I still own every single comic book of the run between 1996-2003 and am getting the graphic novels which are being released for the first time now and even though I read some comic books before that it was that series and ‘Witchblade’ that got me into comic books. I don't think DC or Marvel have come up with another new female superhero anywhere near as good since then. Geoff Johns and Peter David's falling out over Linda which DC originally promised him was going to become Superwoman in her own sequel series was one of the main things that lead to Peter leaving the company. Image Comics is my favourite company too along with Dynamite Entertainment and I read a lot of series by different comic book companies and I am excited about 'Witchblade', 'Hack/Slash' and 'Cyberforce' returning soon and love the new series of 'Fathom' by Blake Northcott and 'The Magdalena' and with Top Cow Productions saying they are looking to relive their glory days I think it will only be a matter of time before other series like the Darkness and Aphrodite IX return next.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2017 12:46:32 GMT
Here. It is also mentioned on other sites. The Phantom www.insidermonkey.com/blog/best-selling-comic-books-of-all-time-339592/When you take away the Non-Superhero titles and X Men which is a team the only solo superhero series that have sold more than the Phantom are Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and Captain America making him the fifth biggest selling solo superhero of all time. Mind you, that is not counting all the 583 newspapers worldwide that the comic strips of the Phantom appear in too which at the Phantom's were being read by over 100 million people daily around the world. I am not surprised with the Phantom being so high ‘cause he is very popular here and I can honestly say I don’t know a single person who doesn’t know who the Phantom is whether they read comic or not 'cause he is just one of those names everybody knows and the Phantom comic books come with nearly all our showbags here for shows like the Royal Easter Show that sell thousands which I would say contribute to his sales today too since showbags are very popular and they literally sell tens of thousands every year. I think the Phantom is more popular here and other countries than it is in America since we are the only country in which the Billy Zane movie didn't flop commercially and was seen as a success and in 2000, just over one-fifth of all Phantom newspaper syndication worldwide was in Australia. Here are some things I found for you about the success of the Phantom.www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/the-comic-that-will-not-die/news-story/e43fa9f6d8b19838c54bef0e01e8a9cddeepwoods.org/australia.htmloverland.org.au/2013/06/the-legend-and-the-phantom/OK, thanks for that. The lists I have read have included Manga sales, and Asterix, which I would say is a superhero, which knocked him out of the Top 5 By the way, I also forgot to mention, Spawn has over 150 million too but I am not sure if he has lower sales or higher sales than the Phantom. worthplaying.com/article/2003/9/25/news/12731/
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Post by sostie on Oct 5, 2017 14:26:13 GMT
Well, Witchblade in particular has had highs and lows. Initially it did well, back when Image could do no wrong. And it was drawn by fan fave Michael Turner. But then it hit lows, only to slowly be rejuvenated buy Ron Marz writing and later Stepan Sejics art, but then had lows again.
But again, a lot of these indies are considered successes at sales numbers that are lower than what Marvel or DC would accept. 20000 copies sold would be a huge hit for an indie whereas those are cancellation numbers for the big two.
Yeah. A lot of Independent series were popular here in the 90s and 00s which was when most of them had their highest sales. Image Comics was very popular back then and they came very close to dethroning Marvel and becoming the second biggest selling comic book company in the world at the time and they currently sit at number three according to the official website. It was also the last big ‘hurrah’ for the comic book industry and since then the overall sales of comic books have dropped almost every year. Some of that I believe is contributed to the rise of illegal file sharing like the music industry and looking at how many millions of views I have seen some free web comics get I have absolutely no doubt there are a lot of naughty people reading comic books online instead of buying them but I don’t think comic books will ever get the sales they got before ‘cause some people see them as fossils. DC and Marvel have an advantage over all of the competition being owned by multi-billion dollar companies like Disney and Time Warner though and that is why a lot of their lesser known heroes have got movies while comics under other companies that have been more successful in all time sales haven’t.
I remember in the 90s series like 'Spawn', 'Witchblade', 'Cyberforce', 'Gen 13', 'Youngblood', 'Wildcats' etc were very popular here and you could get Spawn and Witchblade comic books in all newsagencies and every comic book fan knew who they were. We didn’t have the likes of Aquaman, Captain America, Green Arrow, Booster Gold, Thor or Black Widow in our newsagencies and I heard of Captain America but never read any of the comics and I didn't hear about some of the other DC and Marvel characters until I saw them in ‘Smallville’ and the MCU movies. I also never heard of the Green Arrow until 'Smallville' 'cause it wasn't sold here and a lot of people thought he was a Robin Hood ripoff when he turned up on the show but I knew of the Black Canary 'cause Birds of Prey was sold here. We had Superman, Batman, Spider- Man, the Incredible Hulk, Supergirl, the Flash, Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman and the Fantastic Four back then but apart from those and Image Comics titles the other popular comic book series I remember being sold here were Red Sonja, the Phantom, Vampirella, Archie, Garfield, Sonic the Hedgehog, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Shi, Lady Death, Evil Ernie, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Disney, the Darkness, Darkchylde, the Simpsons etc. Some of the really violent series with blood, gore and nudity would have to order in and my friends would get series like Faust, Razor, Hellina, Pandora, the Crow, Criminal Macabre, Painkiller Jane, Avengelyne, Aphrodite IX from America. 'Darkchylde' was very popular when it first came out and to quote. www.darkchylde.com/story.htmlAlso despite Razor having a reputation for being one of the most violent comic books ever written and had a lot of blood, gore, sex (lesbian sex) and nudity Razor sold over 6 million worldwide at her peak. deadline.com/2017/05/rob-cohens-razor-ccomic-book-to-movie-number-11-films-lotus-entertainment-1202089753/I loved that series and many other female lead series that were coming out at the time especially the Linda Danvers/Supergirl series. A lot of my friends loved it too and they thought the original Supergirl was lame. I think Linda Danvers is the one new superhero in the past 30 years DC really fucked up with ‘cause her ‘Supergirl’ series was the biggest selling and longest running ‘Supergirl’ series of all time and a lot of comic book fans loved her more than Kara ‘cause she was unique and interesting and had her own powers, costume, characters and villains that were different than Superman and the series was more of a Horror series with Linda Danvers fighting demons, vampires, werewolves, witches, monsters, aliens and angels to “redeem her darkened soul.” I still own every single comic book of the run between 1996-2003 and am getting the graphic novels which are being released for the first time now and even though I read some comic books before that it was that series and ‘Witchblade’ that got me into comic books. I don't think DC or Marvel have come up with another new female superhero anywhere near as good since then. Geoff Johns and Peter David's falling out over Linda which DC originally promised him was going to become Superwoman in her own sequel series was one of the main things that lead to Peter leaving the company. Image Comics is my favourite company too along with Dynamite Entertainment and I read a lot of series by different comic book companies and I am excited about 'Witchblade', 'Hack/Slash' and 'Cyberforce' returning soon and love the new series of 'Fathom' by Blake Northcott and 'The Magdalena' and with Top Cow Productions saying they are looking to relive their glory days I think it will only be a matter of time before other series like the Darkness and Aphrodite IX return next. Looks like things are a lot different in Australia. Here in the UK seeing actual comics in newstands/new agents became rarer and rarer over the years. On the other hand Comic shops were sprouting up everywhere. Maybe Marvel & DC didn't get their shit together when it came to Australia (which is why I was so shocked when in an earlier thread you said your comic book fan friends had never heard of Ant Man) I'll be honest with you - I was mostly aware of titles like Darkchylde, Evangeline, Darkness, Shiri etc from their constant appearance in the bargain bins/over stock. I was selling piles of the stuff which I picked up over they years, on ebay a few years back, including variants. Nailing down comic sales figures is really difficult. Being Wizards hottest comic didn't mean Darkchylde was actually the best selling. And looking at Comichron monthly distribution figures, by month it certainly wasn't outselling most, if not all, the titles it's boasted it did, though it did have healthy distribution sales. But as I said, definitive sales figures are very difficult to pin down. Most are based on distribution figures rather than actual customer sales, and considering how much overstock I used to see from these publishers I think perhaps some titles went to the shops, but not bought by the readers. Still, I will say without Image, Icon, Avatar etc my comic buying would have been seriously reduced over recent years. They are the ones that have kept me rreading
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Post by General Kenobi on Oct 7, 2017 23:40:47 GMT
Never happen but who wouldn't love to see this? that you cdull? your unmistakable humour hahaha Yep. It's me. Good to see you. I actually own that comic and it is awesomely weird and violent.
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