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Devils Due loses G.I. Joe license
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02-20-2008, 11:33 AM
nacho
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Well, for my first post let me say that if IDW produce GI JOE comics to the standard of some of their other franchises, I'll be dropping the title like a stone.
I consider their main TRANSFORMERS book to be an over plotted, convoluted mess of cliches, while the STAR TREK titles I've been buying have proven to be, frankly, embarassing.
I mean, STAR TREK is one of the richest 'fictional universes' created yet the "Year Four" and "Alien Spotlights" IDW have put out are some of the feeblest material I've seen related to the franchise.
Maybe that's just me...
I can't exactly disagree. I have been following the Transformers title (if you count a string of minis and one-shots as "a title"). I have been underwhelmed so far. I have heard some people say they like it (do people on the IDW board count?), but the art is mediocre, and the plot really doesn't go anywhere. I'll give them credit for trying something different with the spotlight issues. I haven't been thrilled with the execution, but it's a neat idea. I'll give them credit for the really nice oversized HC they put out of the TF books so far, but I just wish the material inside was more interesting.
TF is always at the top of my read pile --> I read the stuff I really like LAST. I want my reading to get progressively better, so I start with the titles that I question why I ordered them from DCBS and read down the pile to the items I'm really looking forward to. Joe is always last, and that's a good thing. TF is at the top, which means I'm on the fence about cutting it altogether.
This weak TF book that costs $4 a month is my only experience with IDW, so it's VERY tough to get excited about Joe heading over there, regardless of the continuity in use. I really hope they don't go the TF route with the string-of-minis approach to Joe. That's both painful and confusing (and no, the microscopic number next to the barcode isn't sufficient). My estimation is that IDW has some good ideas on how to build reader interest, but they do not have the creative talent to follow through nor the marketing capability to keep the title selling more than 15k copies past the first few issues. I'll give the new title a fair shot out of loyalty to the franchise, but it will have to knock my socks off to get me to swallow a new continuity at $4 per month. I have about given up on TF, and it would be a shame to have to give up on Joe too.
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