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After Marvel, DC and Image, what's the next-biggest company, IDW or Dark Horse?
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Jul 9, 2014 17:43
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Metal Loaf posted:After Marvel, DC and Image, what's the next-biggest company, IDW or Dark Horse? I actually think Dark Horse is bigger than Image, or at least they used to be before they lost all the Star Wars licenses.
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Jul 9, 2014 17:49
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Hakkesshu posted:I actually think Dark Horse is bigger than Image, or at least they used to be before they lost all the Star Wars licenses. Oh no way. Image has much more of an industry presence and a bigger profile.
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Jul 9, 2014 18:20
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Jul 9, 2014 18:22
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I'm kinda surprised IDW is as big as Dark Horse now, although I guess they did aggressively move in on a lot of properties. That reminds me, has Transformers vs. GI Joe started coming out? The Free Comic Book Day issue was loving awesome.
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Jul 9, 2014 18:24
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Lurdiak posted:I totally forgot about them showing her as a child. I kinda assumed she stepped out of a tube full grown. Still, if she's 23 now, I don't know what people are complaining about. I remembered them showing her as a child, but I thought she was supposed to be a toddler and like 2 or 3 years old. Then I had no loving clue how old she was supposed to be later and just kind of assumed she was a badly-drawn teenager, because lord knows some comic artists can't draw teen girls right half the time. Then I realized Romita Jr just sucks at drawing kids and she was supposed to be a bit older than that. I think a lot of people pegged her for younger because it wasn't clear how old she was in the initial appearance, nor how old she was after the ten year time skip thing. They figured the "23!" thing was a lovely last-minute retcon, rather than something intended all along but obscured by inability to draw kids' ages. Edit: Also, a bunch of people hopped on a Twitter/Tumblr bandwagon where they heard one person who'd assumed her age incorrectly rant about it, and then got all mad about a comic they'd not even read. So that's where some of the complaining came from also.
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Jul 9, 2014 18:59
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 brother sisterIf the first one is a 12ish year old. The second isn't close. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 21:20 on Jul 9, 2014 |
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Jul 9, 2014 21:11
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There were a few months in 2013 where IDW took the #3 spot. The loss of SW will further push DH down a few more steps. IDW Allegedly has something huge to announce at SDCC that will take them up to a whole new level.
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Jul 9, 2014 22:40
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ROM ongoing. Calling it now.
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Jul 10, 2014 00:31
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Literally The Worst posted:ROM ongoing. Calling it now. If it's not Marvel ROM I don't want it.
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Jul 10, 2014 02:26
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Literally The Worst posted:ROM ongoing. Calling it now. Chris Ryall has been trying to get a new ROM series going since IDW signed their Hasbro deal. But since 90's of the Rom property is Marvel owned it's not worth it and Hasbro won't license it.
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Jul 10, 2014 02:35
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If they can get MiracleMan figured out enough to run reprints they can do anything
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Jul 10, 2014 03:55
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Opopanax posted:If they can get MiracleMan figured out enough to run reprints they can do anything That was the outright purchase of the character, Hasbro isn't budging, neither is Marvel and reason to push for it. Eventually Hasbro will cave in and Ryall will launch his new ROM series sans everything that made the original special.
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Jul 10, 2014 03:59
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ROM's problem isn't a labyrinthine rights tangle, it's that the two parties who hold the rights aren't willing to pay one or the other for what is honestly a pretty cold property.
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Jul 10, 2014 03:59
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Has Hasbro ever explained why they care so much about Rom?
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Jul 10, 2014 04:01
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muscles like this? posted:Has Hasbro ever explained why they care so much about Rom? He was very popular when he had his own book and so much love and care went into that series. And they've sprinkled what they can throughout their cosmic line very frequently to keep the memory alive. Everybody loves ROM. They still feel they can bank on that nostalgia in some way.
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Jul 10, 2014 04:04
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muscles like this? posted:Has Hasbro ever explained why they care so much about Rom? Has BSS?
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Jul 10, 2014 04:20
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I'm still holding out for Disney to buy Hasbro. For many reasons. Mostly I want to go to Tatooine and then Cybertron in Kingdom Hearts III.
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Jul 10, 2014 04:28
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And Spider-man can get his robot back!
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Jul 10, 2014 04:45
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CapnAndy posted:I'm still holding out for Disney to buy Hasbro. For many reasons. They looked into it last year because of Transformers money. But Takara was all "gently caress that poo poo."
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Jul 10, 2014 04:51
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Rhyno posted:They looked into it last year because of Transformers money. But Takara was all "gently caress that poo poo."
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Jul 10, 2014 04:52
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CapnAndy posted:I know, there were rumors right after the Marvel buy too. It's honestly a pretty logical buy -- Hasbro has the rights to Star Wars and Marvel toys, I bet Disney would love to bring that last revenue stream in, and they get a bunch of great IPs that fit right into everything else they own. It made sense to everybody except Takara. Like, Disney can buy Hasbro. But they don't get any rights to the TF designs because Takara owns all that so they weren't interested.
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Jul 10, 2014 04:54
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Would Disney buying Hasbro out stop Michael Bay from making more Transformers movies? Because if so, we need to take this to the United Nations.
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Jul 10, 2014 04:58
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I know ROM isn't quite as big a deal, but I think after what Marvel's been going through trying to get their characters back for movies they'll be a lot more reluctant to let anyone else use their characters for anything.
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Jul 10, 2014 05:05
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Lurdiak posted:Would Disney buying Hasbro out stop Michael Bay from making more Transformers movies? Because if so, we need to take this to the United Nations. Bay is a license to print money, Disney would probably try to get him onto a Marvel film.
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Jul 10, 2014 05:17
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Michael Bay's Transformers Vs Avengers would be the ultimate summer blockbuster and I cannot even fathom how much money it would make.
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Jul 10, 2014 12:29
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The ROM thing is a good example of something that baffles me about fandom. There's no chance a new ROM book would be anything like the old ROM book. Neither of the original creators would be working on it, which you think would be the draw for people nostalgic about the old book. But apparently that doesn't matter; just having the property back gets them all excited. It's weird.
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Jul 10, 2014 14:17
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I don't care at all about ROM.
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Jul 10, 2014 14:59
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Senior Woodchuck posted:The ROM thing is a good example of something that baffles me about fandom. There's no chance a new ROM book would be anything like the old ROM book. Neither of the original creators would be working on it, which you think would be the draw for people nostalgic about the old book. But apparently that doesn't matter; just having the property back gets them all excited. It's weird. Let me tell you about a little thing called Doctor Who...
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Jul 10, 2014 15:03
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What the hell is ROM? Aside from Quark's nephew and read only memory?
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Jul 10, 2014 15:05
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Senior Woodchuck posted:The ROM thing is a good example of something that baffles me about fandom. There's no chance a new ROM book would be anything like the old ROM book. Neither of the original creators would be working on it, which you think would be the draw for people nostalgic about the old book. But apparently that doesn't matter; just having the property back gets them all excited. It's weird.
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Jul 10, 2014 15:08
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greatn posted:What the hell is ROM? Aside from Quark's nephew and read only memory? Rom was Quark's brother. Quark's nephew was Nog. 
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Jul 10, 2014 15:11
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redbackground posted:I agree completely. The original series was obviously a passion project of Mantlo and Buscema's. I think people really just want easy-to-buy Ultimate Editions of the original run. Marvel should hire someone to trace over every issue and just give him a new name.
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Jul 10, 2014 15:16
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Rhyno posted:Marvel should hire someone to trace over every issue and just give him a new name.
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Jul 10, 2014 15:18
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redbackground posted:I would be cool with ROB. He's hip! He's cool! and it's uh, short for robot! They could also just replace every image of Rom with Conan and rename the book CROM.
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Jul 10, 2014 15:24
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Rhyno posted:They could also just replace every image of Rom with Conan and rename the book CROM.
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Jul 10, 2014 15:31
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Senior Woodchuck posted:The ROM thing is a good example of something that baffles me about fandom. There's no chance a new ROM book would be anything like the old ROM book. Neither of the original creators would be working on it, which you think would be the draw for people nostalgic about the old book. But apparently that doesn't matter; just having the property back gets them all excited. It's weird. Annihilators was a straight up sequel to ROM and it ruled. greatn posted:What the hell is ROM? Aside from Quark's nephew and read only memory? Back in the 70s Marvel got the license to do a comic about a toy robot called ROM. There was nothing to this robot except a name and a design, so they threw it to Bill Mantlo, who was also working on the much less popular but still very good Micronauts (another licensed property), to do whatever with. 75 issues and 4 annuals later ROM is a fantastic sci-fi story with this really overwrought, super formal dialog that works so well because he really pushed that idea of ROM being a Spaceknight and went with like that super stiff faux-medieval thing and it's so goddamn good read ROM Jesus Christ. Problem is, Hasbro owns ROM, Marvel owns all the things that made that book rule.
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Jul 10, 2014 16:07
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Marvel did a lot of great licensed comics in the 70s and 80s. Larry Hama's GI Joe and the original Transformers comics were great. They also did Godzilla, Planet of the Apes, Star Wars and all kinds of stuff. IDW reprinted the original GI Joe and Transformers in these big beautiful collections. They hit some licensing snags like removing the issue of Transformers with Spider-Man, but they're mostly there. Check 'em out.
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Unmature posted:Marvel did a lot of great licensed comics in the 70s and 80s. Larry Hama's GI Joe and the original Transformers comics were great. They also did Godzilla, Planet of the Apes, Star Wars and all kinds of stuff. David Gabriel (Marvel VP of Marketing)'s wet dream is to get all those licensed properties back. I know he was super excited at the prospect of Disney buying Hasbro.
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