Late for the Crossover
I wound up being disappointed in DC’s Infinite Crisis crossover in large part because, as I said in an earlier post, the main draw for me was Phil Jimenez drawing the crap out of the DC Universe. For whatever reason, that didn’t quite happen – Jimenez was unable to draw every page of every issue, and a number of fill-in artists had to pinch hit. Now, sometimes that meant pages of George Perez drawing the crap out of the DC Universe, and I really can’t complain about that. But some of the other artists took the sheen off a little bit.
On the other hand, at least DC didn’t take a shotgun to its own foot the way Marvel apparently is with its Civil War crossover. The next issue was supposed to be out tomorrow. Instead, it will be out a month from tomorrow. And a huge amount of Marvel’s line will also be delayed, because those books depend on the main Civil War series in order to make sense. And there are new series scheduled to launch when the series concludes, and now they’ll be delayed.
To get a sense of why this is very, very bad for comics retailers, check out Brian Hibbs’ post on his Savage Critic blog. Retailers are gonna take a very serious hit to their cash flow, and that could have ripple effects.
I guess DC announced that they’re resoliciting the next issue of All-Star Batman and Robin again out of sympathy. Sheesh.
About Dave Thomer
Born and raised in Philadelphia. Studied philosophy at Fordham University in the Bronx, where I made many great friends and met my wonderful wife. We moved back to Philadelphia, where I studied philosophy some more and became a teacher. Online and off, I'm looking for ways that we can be better citizens and build stronger communities.