Batman Gotham Adventures

[raywy]

Can someone please confirm whether DC has pulled the plug on Batman Gotham Adventures too???? First it's Batman Beyond...now Gotham Adventures????? :mad:

[Bird Boy]

as far as I know, it hasn't been pulled...at least I don't think it has...

I think it's Superman Adventures that is being pulled..

-BB

[DisneyBoy]

DC has not yet pulled the plug on the only surviving Adventures title as far as I know. I personally don't understand why they haven't though. Maybe they wish to demean the Batman Adventures history before ending it completely. Why else would they have hired Scott Peterson and Tim Levins?

[Clayface]

Originally posted by DisneyBoy
Maybe they wish to demean the Batman Adventures history before ending it completely. Why else would they have hired Scott Peterson and Tim Levins?


Youch, harsh! I can't say I blame you for the comment about Peterson. But, personally, I like Levins art on the book. By the way, did you know Levins hangs out on these boards? Kinda rude....

[Trent Lane]

Originally posted by Clayface



Youch, harsh! I can't say I blame you for the comment about Peterson. But, personally, I like Levins art on the book. By the way, did you know Levins hangs out on these boards? Kinda rude....


Yeah, a little harsh. I'll admit Tim's art took some getting used to, but it's grown on me. I mean, you can't really bash the guy, he's pencilling a comic book and I'm guessing the majority of us aren't, so he must be doing something right... I'd love to be in that position...

[Clayface]

Originally posted by flhero311

I'll admit Tim's art took some getting used to, but it's grown on me.

Yeah, I was the same way - I didn't care for his work on the book at all at first. Now I like it. One thing I haven't done yet is go back and look at the older issues that I originally didn't like, and see if I still dislike them - I don't know if its that his art has imporved, or if I just got used to the style he uses. One of these days I gotta go dig out the older issoes.

[Trent Lane]

I think Levin's first issue was #15. The look is somewhat the same, but I think it now looks a lot better...

[Frozen]

If Tim Levins does hang around on these boards, then I have something to say to him; thank you. Thank you for Sirens (great little mini-series!!!), and thank you for going some way to repairing a small hole in my life that appeared when Mike Parobeck died. I adored Mike's work, and I still do, and, even though I never met him, and, sadly, never will, it still grieves me that such a young, talented guy should go just as he was starting to garner the praise he deserves.
I've always seen Tim Levins' work as the natural successor to Mike's, and I was over-joyed when he joined Gotham Adventures, so long may the title continue, and long may Tim work on it. Once again Tim, thank you.

[James Harvey]

Levins is a good artist for sure, but I don't like how he seems to be straying from the original animated design. Mike Parobeck made the designs work for him, as evident in his amazing run on the title. It's just that Levin's designs just seem to becoming less and less in the animated style.

[Bird Boy]

Originally posted by Dick Grayson
Levins is a good artist for sure, but I don't like how he seems to be straying from the original animated design. Mike Parobeck made the designs work for him, as evident in his amazing run on the title. It's just that Levin's designs just seem to becoming less and less in the animated style.

Uh..what was Mike Parobeck's last issue? I read a dedication to him in the Batman & Robin Adventures Annual #1 (the one w/ Phantasm)..so, I dunno what his last issue was..

-BB

[Trent Lane]

I think B&R annual #1 was his last issue, he did one of the "acts". Though I could be wrong...

[James Harvey]

That was the last issue he provided art for. His last issue of Batman Adventures was #36. He did the second act in the three part annual. Parobeck was slated to take over Batman & Robin Adventures with issue #7.

[raywy]

Batman Gotham Adventures is always out on the first Wednesday of the month. If you check the DC site, you'll see that Gotham Adventures isn't listed for that week or for the coming week on the 10th. I think they pulled the plug along with Batman Beyond. Does anyone know for sure?????

[TIM]

Originally posted by raywy
Batman Gotham Adventures is always out on the first Wednesday of the month. If you check the DC site, you'll see that Gotham Adventures isn't listed for that week or for the coming week on the 10th. I think they pulled the plug along with Batman Beyond. Does anyone know for sure?????

I'm not sure why the schedule for BGA has been changed, but #43 will be released on the 24th of this month. Kind of a drag to have to wait that long, but I thank you all in advance for your patience.

As far as I know, there has been no talk of cancellation plans. I'm currently drawing issue #47, so it's probably a pretty good bet that the book will be around for at least a few more months, and hopefully long after that.

TIM

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[Trent Lane]

Hey, thanks for the heads up, Tim... Can't wait to see B:GA #43, HARLEY!!!

[raywy]

Originally posted by TIM


I'm not sure why the schedule for BGA has been changed, but #43 will be released on the 24th of this month. Kind of a drag to have to wait that long, but I thank you all in advance for your patience.

As far as I know, there has been no talk of cancellation plans. I'm currently drawing issue #47, so it's probably a pretty good bet that the book will be around for at least a few more months, and hopefully long after that.

TIM

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Thanks for the info Tim....also, thanks for signing my book at the Toronto show too....nice to put a face to the names that appear on my fav books....Ray

[TerryMcGuiness]

For my money, Tim Levins is the single most underated Batman artist in the history of comics!!!

He can blend the Bruce Timm style with something thats his own and make it all work in tandem with neither lacking. I only wish the writing were worthy of his art.

Hell, I wish DC would actually give a damn about the animated books in the first place instead of letting the plauge that *is* Joey Calveri edit Superman Adventures and ensure that Superman Adventures dies a horrible ugly death by having *nothng* but mad magican stories.

I guess DC is just bitter because Bruce Timm and co. did a better job of revamping the DC Characters than their grim post Crisis launch ever did.

[James Harvey]

DC has switched the ship dates of BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES and SUPERMAN ADVENTURES. SUPERMAN ADVENTURES now ships at the first week of every month, and GOTHAM ADVENTURES within the last two weeks. JUSTICE LEAGUE ADVENTURES will ship in the middle of the month, as well. But come Febuary, when it's just B:GA and JL, expect DC to move around the schedule again.

[DisneyBoy]

Frankly, just because Tim Levins frequents these boards doesn't mean I am going to only say nice things about his work. Fine, he can draw, fine, he is working on my favorite comic, but to praise his work or to call it a "natural sucsessor to Mike Parobeck's work" is entirely untrue. I Love Ty the Guy Templeton's work and regard it as being just as good as Timm's, but their work isn't the same, nor could it ever be. Levin's does not capture the essence of the animated style. Look at the faces of Babs and Talia, for example. I could go on, but I've already voiced most of my points in past posts. Don't compare anyone to Mike. If you truely respect his memory and his work, you'll agree with me when I say that he was in a class all his own. I eagerly await the day that Ty or Timm or Aluir or Rick Burchett or Mike Manley or Bret Blevins come to Gotham Adventures and take over for Levins. He has already had thirty some-odd issues to show his talent and have his fun. If this book is on it's way out, lets restore its dignity by filling each page with art work by a master of the style. I want Gotham Adventures as amazing a book as I know it can be. Peterson and Levins haven't made it all it can be and I want them to be replaced by the proper people before it's too late to same this book. Bottom line guys, What's more important: The long term fate of this book, or yourselves?

[Trent Lane]

Look, you like it or you don't. No one forces you to pick it up every month. I'll admit the writing is no where near what is was at the beginning of this book, but I've grown to like the artwork. True, some of the women's faces look alike, but I can't draw 'em that well so I'm not going to criticize. He's getting paid to do this stuff, we for the most part aren't.... I think I used that one already...

[Frozen]

Disneyboy wrote:

Frankly, just because Tim Levins frequents these boards doesn't mean I am going to only say nice things about his work. Fine, he can draw, fine, he is working on my favorite comic,
but to praise his work or to call it a "natural sucsessor to Mike Parobeck's work" is entirely untrue.

First, DisneyBoy, let me clarify what I said: Tim is the natural successor to Mike Parobeck IN MY 'AFFECTIONS', if you will. When Parobeck died, I was hugely upset, as Mike's work is very much the corner stone of my desire to be an artist (and, incidentally, I am a professional artist.) It wasn't until I saw Tim's work on Sirens that somebody inspired me in the same way - he caught my imagination in a way nobody had done since Parobeck's death. Therefore, I am entitled to say that, in my life, Tim has succeeded Mike as an inspiration to me. OK?

Secondly, not least because Tim Levins does indeed frequent these boards, then I'd say you are required, by good manners if nothing else, to respect his work as the work of an admired professional - even if it isn't to your tastes. I feel that your barely concealed disregard for his work is rude, and not in keeping with the sense of good conduct and respect for others opinions that I appreciate so much from fellow posters here.

Thirdly - at no point did I ever say Tim was as good as Mike. Mike was, indeed, in a class of his own - and his premature death reduced me to tears when I found out. Please do not attempt to under-value, or rubbish, my love for his work merely because I also appreciate Tim's work as well...

[James Harvey]

Anyone catch the nod to Parobeck in the most recent issue? There was a street in the issue named Parobeck Avenue which I thought was a great little insider for us fans. As for Mike Parobeck, that man inspired me to draw. He was the reason I pick up (and still do) pick up the pencil and sketch. His premature death was one of the most devastating things to happen, in my opinion, to the comic industry. I miss his work every time I open up an issue of B:GA or any of the books he wanted to work on. And Levins is a real good artist. While he may not have the style spot on, he's one of the better artists doing the book. Now that he's also co-writing, maybe we'll get some good stories as well. Peterson's stories have just been ridiculoudly bad. here's hoping the book will pick up.

B:GA is not on the way out, BTW. The book still has a very healthy future.