Broken Frontier has an interesting analysis of the existence of “kill lists” at Marvel and DC. My favorite quote:
“‘This time, his nose is twitching not for mystery, but for blood. You only think you know him. Elongated Man Unleashed!'”
Over at Postmodern Barney, Dorian examines strategies to lure new demographics into the comic shop. What’s the secret recipe? Let’s let Dorian sum it up:
“I mean, we’ve gone out of our way to make sure the store is clean, well-lit, organized, that there isn’t any offensive music playing or tits and ass posters on the wall, that there is as wide as possible a selection of comics. You know, like a legitimate business instead of an insular club for the unwashed coteries of super-hero fans and spandex fetishists.”
James Schee at Reading Along is feeling the love for SGT. FROG, to which I say: “We are the frog. Prepare to be assimilated.”
Kurt Busiek will be the new regular writer on JLA, according to an interview at Newsarama. The author of the JLA/Avengers crossover has some interesting things to say on what makes the team’s unique and a somewhat skeptical view of pending disassembly:
‘I hear (the existing paradigm is) changing for the Avengers, and I’m sure it’ll be huge, at least for a while, considering the talent involved. But I’ve always thought that the best thing to do for each book is to figure out what it’s best at and then do that, better than any other book can. Whenever a book tries to imitate whatever works best for some other book, whether it’s the Avengers trying to be more like the X-Men in the ‘jackets’ era or the Detroit League trying to recapture the success of the Titans, I think you’re losing your way. But maybe they’ll find a different road — and if we wind up with two teams built around the JLA concept, I think the original has the edge.’