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By: James Schee

James Schee — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:57:51 +0000

I really wanted to like Heinberg’s WW, as he seemed to do so well with the female characters in Young Avengers. Yet whether through lack on attention or whatever the issues I flipped through were plain bad.

I sort of wonder if DC might start rethinking how and who they put on their regular series given the delays. This with WW, the Donner/Johns Superman stuff, All Star Batman and SO many others.

By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:47:32 +0000

Lyle, I probably was equating blogs with RSS subconciously, but I’m trying to be as specific and overt about my suggestions as I can be in these columns. And yes, what to do with any given tool is as important as recognizing the need for the tool itself, and is something I’ll get into more down the line. The two links in the first paragraph, and the final footnote peripherally addressed those points.

By: Lyle

Lyle — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:40:19 +0000

Guy, I presumed you were indirectly talking about RSS when you mentioned having a blog. I found myself not agreeing with that part of your list since I’ve seen a number of company blogs that didn’t show much understanding of blogging, but when I thought of it as a system of posting news with an RSS feed, I could see the importance.

By: caleb

caleb — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:34:11 +0000

What flabbergasts me about Wonder Woman is that the issues, as long as they apparently take to write, aren’t very good. There’s little evidence of research–and not like, FROM HELL or PROMETHEA level of research, but just, where is this character supposed to be this month, and so on–or complexity. It’s just, this person shows up and they fight. Then this person joins the fight. And then this person. I sort of wish DC would just relaunch the series with a new #1 when Picoult’s run starts; it’d be easier to market that way, and easier to ignore the existence of the “Who is Wonder Woman?” story.

By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:29:11 +0000

Even modest sales of 5,000-8,000 can be considered strong for a small book publisher.

Excellent point by Heidi that a lot of the direct market-focused, wannabe-Images and the creators they ~~prey on~~ publish don’t seem to understand.

And yes, RSS feeds are an absolute must and I can’t believe I forgot to include them on the list! D’oh!