Dan DiDio's Favorite DC Projects From His First Ten Years
LibraryBoy
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DiDio listed his favorite 10 projects from his first 10 years at DC. The list is pretty much everything you'd expect, he shares some interesting insights, and I think the omissions say as much about his tastes and DC's direction as the things he listed (No love for All Star Superman or Wednesday Comics?).
Admittedly, some of what he wrote left me shaking my head and remembering what I consider to be better days (especially the part where he calls Countdown to Infinite Crisis "[p]robably my favorite comic of all things published in the last ten years."), but it's interesting "inside baseball" stuff all the same.
Admittedly, some of what he wrote left me shaking my head and remembering what I consider to be better days (especially the part where he calls Countdown to Infinite Crisis "[p]robably my favorite comic of all things published in the last ten years."), but it's interesting "inside baseball" stuff all the same.
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The single interesting line was #8 Batman RIP/Sinestro Corps War "Or better known as, how The Sinestro Corps War and Batman R.I.P. got me through the toughest part of my career"... of course what would have been interesting would be an elaboration on the difficulties of that time (is he talking about Trinity? Final Crisis?)
ughhh
so in his 10 he pims a new format (the Earth 1 books) repimps the reboot (new 52) reminds people of some good stuff (52) and a more successful event than Final Crisis & countdown (Infinite Crisis), name drops Jim Lee, Turner, Meltzer, Johns & Jeff Loeb, and almost ignores actual successes (both in numbers and critics) like New Frontier, All Star Superman and Wednesday Comics....
:-q
He tries to be the new Stan Lee, but instead of the goofball grandad, he comes across as the creepy uncle.
I'd like to like him, but I just can't.
I do like him more than Quesada or Brevoort, at least.
But, hey, he's a co-publisher making the big bucks and some of the stuff he's pushing here has sold big. I'm some shmoe on a message board with a Captain Marvel, Jr. avatar. So long as his stuff continues to sell, his taste is what's going to keep getting published.
What would your list look like? I would bet for most fans at least 2/3rds of the books he mentioned would be there.
Do it honestly, lets see what your list would look like.
1. All Star Superman - The ideal of what mainstream superhero comics should be, IMHO.
2. Wednesday Comics - The great experiment!
3. 52 - The other great experiment!
4. The New 52 - The great gamble!
5. DC: The New Frontier - A perfect love letter to the 50s and 60s, both as experienced in real life and the DC Universe.
6. Collected editions - Omnibi, Showcases, those DC Library books, even that DC Comics Presents format. Great decade for repackaging older material.
7. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies - Not one of the great stories of the ages, but big, fun, widescreen storytelling using a lot of fun toys in creative ways.
8. Morrison on Batman - Not always popular, not always coherent, but it got people talking.
9. Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds - The only part of Final Crisis that felt like a proper Crisis, and it managed to find a place in the DC continuity for all 3 Legions. Still a little mad that Johns killed off my Kinetix, but still.
10. Dr. Thirteen: Architecture and Morality - Probably the best story *about* DC Comics in the past decade.
I just rarely care for anything he says.
That had to make the top 10!