A Shonen Jump style DC mag gets my vote too.

Brilliant idea!

I never meant to impy that DC was publicly traded. I was only pointing out that neither company was actually run by the EIC but in fact other people who only care about money.

Everybody seems to love making DiDio a villain. He probably doesn’t have the same free reign that Joe Quesada has at Marvel, and both of them have to answer to shareholders at the end of the day. Yelling at your boss solves nothing except it sometimes just makes you feel better. It’s like the JMS/Quesada argument. All reporting this stuff does is get Rich Johnston’s column some hits. It’s called work-for-hire. If a writer wants control over a character, Robert Kirkman would be happy to welcome them to Image Comics.

… or maybe it doesn’t bother me because I don’t really give a crap about Marvel or DC.

I absolutely LOVE the idea of a Shonen Jump-type mag on inexpensive paper.

And I hope DC will do it.

“Morrison is not the only person having difficulties with DiDio’s direction. I understand that James Robinson and Dan had a stand up argument that led to Robinson quitting the Superman books and the DCU in general.”

I’d guess that Mr. Robinson was also not too impressed with the new “direction” for Superman. A great shame, as he is a terrific writer and I was really enjoying his work on Superman.

BINGO!

Great idea, so of course DC will never do it.

… and dropping Action Comics.

No Superman, no me.

That said… not too long ago, DC did an involved storyline where the big heroes disappeared from public view. How did that turn out?

As for Action, Adventure, and DC Comics, I’d make them anthologies, perhaps using a structure similar to Superman Family, where related characters have separate adventures, but they intertwine occasionally. You can even feature the occasional C-list character, either as a cameo, or a backup story.

Frankly, I’d like to see DC do something like Shonen Jump, where they put out a big thick magazine in black-and-white, featuring new and old stories, and then publish the stories in color when collected into trade paperbacks. (In other words, use the old DC Digest model, but regular size, with some new material, but on cheaper paper.)

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When I went to the theater this weekend to see Quantum of Solace, the theater had the movie listed only as “Bond” — they didn’t even try to sell tickets that said “Quantum of Solace.” I guess that strategy worked pretty well for them.