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Don't Stop Peelieving
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Don't Stop Peelieving
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I always had a cynical feeling that comic book editors who were talking about how unrelatable married folk are were reliving their own failed marriages through the medium. THIS. Back when OMD undid Spidey and Mary Jane's marriage, I wanted to write JQ and ask him how his was going...
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Re: Dan DiDio: "We publish comics for 45-year olds"
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space mutineer & purveyor of quality sammitches
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The thing is, you can write a broken marriage and still have the characters behave like adults who have some admirable qualities despite one high-profile failure.
But again, that would require thinking and maturity, and this is mainstream comics that we're talking about, soooo...
Hey, Kids! My "Cranky and Kitschy" collage art is now viewable on DeviantArt! Drop by and tell me that I sent you. *updated often!*
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space mutineer & purveyor of quality sammitches
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Sorry, I know that this is an old thread, but I've only just now come across it, and I've gotta say: Dan Dido, you ain't publishing any comics that this 45-year old wants to read! MB! Where've you been hiding? [waves]
Hey, Kids! My "Cranky and Kitschy" collage art is now viewable on DeviantArt! Drop by and tell me that I sent you. *updated often!*
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The Infinite Man--of Gripes! (and--of Space!)
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The Infinite Man--of Gripes! (and--of Space!)
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Ah, I got stuck in the Phantom-Zone for a while by a vengeful old super-villain. Fortunately, I was finally able to make her say her name backwards, H-A-R-A-S N-I-L-A-P, and finally got out. Seriously, though, I've been lurking but not posting all along, thanks for asking.
If the meek shall inherit inherit the Earth, then I at least want Baffin Island - and a property manager to work for me who is made of sterner stuff than I.
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Trap Timer
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Sorry, I know that this is an old thread, but I've only just now come across it, and I've gotta say: Dan Dido, you ain't publishing any comics that this 45-year old wants to read! Well, in DiDio's defense, based on your screen name one might think that current DC comics are exactly the sort that would appeal to you. 
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The Infinite Man--of Gripes! (and--of Space!)
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The Infinite Man--of Gripes! (and--of Space!)
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Doh!--Ya got me (I'm really a Marvel Comics plant--and not a petunia, if you know what I mean). 
If the meek shall inherit inherit the Earth, then I at least want Baffin Island - and a property manager to work for me who is made of sterner stuff than I.
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Tempus Fugitive
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Well there you go. Yet another person saying exactly the same thing about the way DC is run. Exactly the same story about the number of rewrites and general mucking about. But is it affecting quality?
>checks pull list for DC books. Finds none<
I guess it is.
"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
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More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
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Bold Flavors
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This is like an awful Bob Dylan cover band playing Mr. Tambourine Man 10 times in a row and then claiming it was their best hit.
1) you've never done a good one
2) you have no new ideas
3) this wasn't even your idea to begin with, you just stole something...and didn't even understand any of what made it good in the first place.
This would have been funny in 2008 but now it's like watching Irkel saying "did I do that?" for the 101st time, when it wasn't ever even funny once.
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Unseen, not unheard
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Unseen, not unheard
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You know what they say about crazy people... they try to do the same thing over and over, and are surprised when it still. doesn't. work.
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Humanoid from the Deep
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Humanoid from the Deep
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Maybe if we're lucky this new Crisis will get rid of the New 52.
Keep up with what I've been watching lately! "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you."
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Fabulous and Sparkly!
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Fabulous and Sparkly!
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Well, now that I've reached the magic age, do I get to dictate what DC publishes? I hope so. How does seven JSA-related tiltes and five Legion-related titles sound?
The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."
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Tempus Fugitive
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Tempus Fugitive
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The wrong way round
"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
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Long live the Legion!
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Long live the Legion!
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Well, now that I've reached the magic age, do I get to dictate what DC publishes? I hope so. How does seven JSA-related tiltes and five Legion-related titles sound? It sounds like a good start!
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More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
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More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
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Well, now that I've reached the magic age, do I get to dictate what DC publishes? I hope so. How does seven JSA-related tiltes and five Legion-related titles sound? It sounds like a good start! What he said. 
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Unseen, not unheard
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Unseen, not unheard
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If only DC and Didiot would listen
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Humanoid from the Deep
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Humanoid from the Deep
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My ideal DCU would be overseen by an editorial board of Mark Waid, Paul Levitz, Grant Morrison, Darwyn Cooke, and Alex Ross.  (ducks from angry Nu52 fans)
Keep up with what I've been watching lately! "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you."
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Trap Timer
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Trap Timer
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I like the way you think!
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Reservist
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Wanderer
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Re: Dan DiDio: "We publish comics for 45-year olds"
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Humanoid from the Deep
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Throw in Louise Simonson too then. She's generally a good writer and editor.
Keep up with what I've been watching lately! "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you."
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I'd say pretty much other than what we have.
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