Is anyone conerned about the final Superman Adventures story arc now?

[DisneyBoy]

When I first heard that Superman Adventures was ending, and heard and guessed a few details about the storyline, I was pleased. Sounds like a good note to go out on.

After having read the interview with one of the writers, although I am a little more concerned, I still think the issue will come off pretty well. It does bother me that DC never gives it's writers a chance to wrap up their series before cancelling it, but that's the buisness I guess. Hopefully the reason for the second issue being so "crammed" as it was said, is because the writing team tried to add a few concluding lines or pages to make it feel more like an ending. Though I am now a little more concerned (the colorist hasn't been doing good work, and now the story is "crammed"), I still have faith that it will be a great final arc. Any thoughts, opinions, folks?

[MattL.]

It just sounds like the creshendo of the same thing thats been plauging the book all along.

DC won't/didn't get behind it enough and the creative teams always dropping the ball.

Which has always struck me as just plain stupid and sad. If any of the books were truly done to the level of the shows or the level of their inherent potential they could compete side by side with and even exceed the mainline stuff.

Is it a conspiracy on DC's part. Maybe not, but they've made it more than evident that they simply don't give a damn about investing in the most conisitantly successful foray of comics into another medium ever made, and that translates back to comics perfectly.

[James Harvey]

I'm not worried. I try not to let something as trivial as a comic book story occupy my mind. Than and I have great faith in Evan Dorkin and his writing partner, Sarah. They brough some great reads before this arc both on the show and in the comic. Plus their Milk & Cheese is perfectly demented and shows their talent. I have complete faith this will be a good concluding chapter to the saga.

The idea of DC plotting to keep these books down is a bit laughable. The reaspon why we're stuck with current creative teams is becuase teams that came before moved on to bigger and better things (ie: Rick Burchett, Ty Templeton,. Kelly Pucket, Mark Millar, for example). DC is doing what they can to find good teams, but understandly since these books sell way less than their other titles and are consistently some of their lowest selling fare, they want to focus on their more popular books. It's not a conspiracy - it's business.

The thing that got me excited about these stories was the listings of Wayne Faucher as inker. FInally - even for one issue - I'll get to see some Almancio art untouched by Austin's sketchy inks.

[Supermon]

Originally posted by Dick Grayson
The idea of DC plotting to keep these books down is a bit laughable. The reaspon why we're stuck with current creative teams is becuase teams that came before moved on to bigger and better things (ie: Rick Burchett, Ty Templeton,. Kelly Pucket, Mark Millar, for example). DC is doing what they can to find good teams, but understandly since these books sell way less than their other titles and are consistently some of their lowest selling fare, they want to focus on their more popular books. It's not a conspiracy - it's business.



Well why do you think they sell way less books? Maybe it's the crap stories shoved out by folks who don't belong writing a title.
As far as the business part of it goes, if DC was smart they would quit trying to aim the stories at kids (who they know are not buying comics these days) and they'd start going for the older people who fill these message boards and have the cash to buy the books.

[James Harvey]

Originally posted by Superman


Well why do you think they sell way less books? Maybe it's the crap stories shoved out by folks who don't belong writing a title.
As far as the business part of it goes, if DC was smart they would quit trying to aim the stories at kids (who they know are not buying comics these days) and they'd start going for the older people who fill these message boards and have the cash to buy the books.

Agreed! The title was really good when Scott McCloud and Mark Millar were on board. Now we're getting a mish mash of writers. Some are good, some are bad, and some have no idea what the heck they're writing about. Companies usually leave books out to dry when sales are very low. Superman Adventures is their 3rd lowest book - so they're obviously not gonna make any attempts ot bring it back. That and scripts for this title are usually done almost a year in advance.

Wonder why we're getting a BB comic issue even though the comic was cancelled and the show is not renewed? Becuase the issue was written/drawn almost a year ago.