courtesy of by [AJ]

I’ve read the post on The Legion Omnicom about the Toronto Fan Expo 08 and noticed an interesting sentence:

When asked whether or not the room enjoyed a Legion with Superman/boy or as its own team, the crowd voted by a strong majority just for the Legion without including a “Super” lead.

I thought that the effort that DC is making in the Legion with regards to Superman role would convince more readers.

I usually like to see stories evolve and letting the Legion develop without superman can be good for it.

What do you say

courtesy of Alan Light

One of my favorite crime comics is finally reprinted.

Read it here and as a long time sucker for crime comics and for Kirby’s work I couldn’t be happier to have all the best crime comics appear in one hard cover book that is easy to read and to preserve.

A big thank you to Paul Gravett for editing the The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics and I already fantasize about all the long fun hours of reading ahead.

courtesy of paperbackwriter

I’ve just read that Tom has 10,000 comics books and I must say that I’ve never seen such a huge collection. My own library is much more modest.

How many comics book do you own?

How do you organize them?

Thought it might be cool to get some input on the subject.

From blog@Newsarama: Warner Bros. is looking seriously at Supergirl as a fashion brand.

“The whole idea behind the Supergirl shield is a feeling of empowerment - when a girl wears the clothing, she will feel empowered,” says Barry Ziehl, senior vice president of worldwide marketing for Warner Bros. Consumer Products. “That’s what we want to get across with this collection. The voices of the girls behind the symbol of empowerment will be the three designers.”

They’ll have to do some thinking on how to differentiate the supergirl symbol from that of superman but I suppose they’ll think of something.

I can relate to the assumption that women read comics and that they find them to be empowering that kalinara makes on her blog.

I could really see girls enjoying this new brand - in reasonable prices of course - and slowly accepting a more active empowered image than the barbies.

DC might a lot better in appealing to their female readers or to the potential female comics readers as there is a great potential for growth in this direction.

I found this discussion of Joe Kelly on The Fortress Of Soliloquy

I like Joe Kelly a lot. In fact, I think he’s one of the most underrated writers in mainstream comic books. His run on JLA had a few missteps toward the end, but it was easily as good as Waid’s tenure. To Superboy, he brought a great sense of humor (and consequently had one of the few readable “Last Laugh” tie-ins) as well as some striking emotional content. Even his run on Supergirl had the seeds of brilliance, which is particularly amazing considering what he was given to work with. His Superman/Batman Annual[s] have been top-notch, and I doubt that I even need to mention Deadpool.

And it made me realize how strongly each superman fan feels for his favorite writer.

It is a little strange that there are so many writers for the same characters over the years and each of them was able to bring something uniqu without breaking the superman story.

I have read superman by at least four different writers over the years and if we think about it like a chain than each writer brings his own unique perspective but still writes superman, meaning he can’t really break the boundaries of the story and has to be loyal to what we already know about superman and what we would know in the future.

Thinking about it it is a more complex task than it seems, sort of entering a tv show after few season writing a season or two and letting others continue.