BOOSTERRIFIC BLOG

Xylob posted on May. 15, 2012 at 11:30 AM
DC's New 52 sure is saving me a lot of money... I'm not buying anywhere near as many comics as I was before Flashpoint - I struggle to undersand their business model.

deusex2 posted on May. 15, 2012 at 1:02 PM
As mush as I hesitate to admit, but JLI series are going downhill with every new issue, so maybe it is for the best. Although the thought of the whole JLI issue being dedicated to Nightwing's arc, it's kinda lame.

On the other hand, I can't wait for JLI Annual. Hopefully it won't be as bad as Teen Titans Annual.

deusex2 posted on May. 15, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Oh, their business model is easy!

It's called,"Sucker in more people by rebooting their favorite series and thus force them to buy more comics."

Seriously though, the whole reboot made them plenty of money because it got people curious and it allowed "fresh blood" to start reading comics from the start...Too bad they aren't going anywhere with it.

I'm sensing yet another reboot next year or so.

Xylob posted on May. 15, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Sure, you have to bring in fresh meat, but you have to do it in a way that doesn't alienate your existing customer base and what's the point of piquing potential new customer's inerests if you can't keep 'em hooked AND you run off all your existing customers?

deusex2 posted on May. 15, 2012 at 6:43 PM
Hey, I don't like what they're doing either. I've just said that the whole point of Flashpoint+Reboot was to make a quick buck, that was all.

And yeah, I completely agree with you on the whole alienation remark and the fact that DC is losing regular customers well, on most of their comics sales anyway.

Which was why I joked about yet another reboot. I just can't imagine DC going on like that for a long period of time, I mean they keep losing our money and they keep cancelling series on top of that. Some are even pretty decent!

Grimmy posted on May. 17, 2012 at 10:41 AM
I imagine that a lot of old DC readers quit reading back in 85' because of CrisisonInfiniteEarths.

The difference between CoIE and FlashpointNew52, is that back then DC was in serious trouble, sales were really bad and the books were mired in 45+ years of silly and confusing history. By doing CoIE DC was able to give the creators a clean slate to work on and the old characters a (reasonably) fresh start (not to mention the creation of Booster Gold).

On the other hand, FlashpointNew52 just feels like "yet another pointless grab for more money" timed to coincide with DC's comics going digital. ho-hum

In so many ways the New52 concept reminds me of Marvel's failed "New Universe" or the year (that I wish I could forget) when Image took over Marvel's titles. hmmm, Jim Lee was involved in that one too...