But then we would never have any of the nearly-as-popular and almost-not-quite-as-lucrative Issue 2's!I don't think we need all the #1s we already have.
But then we would never have any of the nearly-as-popular and almost-not-quite-as-lucrative Issue 2's!I don't think we need all the #1s we already have.
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We could make them all #2s instead.
Should I make a scatalogical joke here?
... nah.
- Le Messor
"If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error."
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
I've given this topic some thought, and I think I've come up with a solution that might make a majority of people happy (as if that's possible!)
Every year of a title will be a "season", with each season being issue #'s 1-12 (or however many issues come out that year.
Then next to the season #whatever, there can be a "shadow number" of how many total issues of that title there have actually been (like they did around 2004).
So that would make the latest issue of Alpha Flight (off the top of my head, so I may be off a bit) "Season 2011, #4, #166.
The companies get a yearly #1 boost and the people (like me) who actually like the longevity get their original numbering.
Okay...now everyone tear it apart....go!
There were times when The Avengers (for example) had both their new and old numbering going at the same time.
I think it worked.
Wait, was I supposed to tear it apart?
Sorry.
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"If all men were brothers, would you want one to marry your sister?"
It's a tough one.
Having new #1's makes sense, and not just from a speculative perspective as a #1 is a good jumping on point for new readers, either completely new to the medium or lapsed.
The Season method should work well in a greater sense outside of the comics community, but the thing with seasons that stops them being confusing is that there's naturally a season break after the last episode where comics are a constant medium, churning out month after month.
For a season method to work without confusing would require gaps in the publishing schedule.
Although I do think it's a wiser way to go about things tan the way they are now.
DC's current experiment is an odd one too as it's a partial reboot in places, ignoring continuity whereas not ignoring it in others.
In short; comics are a strange beast.
All comic books have gone to hell. And Archie where the continutity is very simple as they are a bunch of kids who go to school in Riverdale, (Still?) and it's probably not too long before a book as innocent as that will eventully fall to the grips of corpertization if it already haven't.
Always gots to be difficult, dontcha? lolI think it worked.
Wait, was I supposed to tear it apart?
I agree; this works for me, too!
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So, confusion not a problem then?
I don't think a gap in the schedule would be required, though it might help.
Then again, if you give each 'season' a story arc (or something), you can make the seasons flow unbroken from stories.
Which would be great for the trades, too.
So, in conclusion, don't force-feed your kids broccoli.
I wondered if you were going for Archie.
I'm sure it has already, but I don't read it so I don't know.
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I don't really know what the companies should do about excessive # 1s or reboots or resets or whatever it is that they're doing. I just wonder, in this economy, with 52(?) new/restarted titles, how long will it be before there is a significant drop-off?
Once upon a time, they exploded from the pages of The X-Men. For a moment, they were "Canada's answer to The Avengers."
They were ALPHA FLIGHT....
...once upon a time.
Why not start at 0, the π/4, π/2, 3π/4...
Keep your stick on the ice.
Live it.
Last edited by Jason Eberly; 10-11-2011 at 08:59 PM. Reason: Because apparently I need a refresher in English, too.
We could number them using the binary system, using the 8 bit computer system so the number box wouldn't get to big.
Del
Driftwood: Well, I got about a foot and a half. Now, it says, uh, "The party of the second part shall be known in this contract as the party of the second part."
Fiorello: Well, I don't know about that...
Driftwood: Now what's the matter?
Fiorello: I no like-a the second party, either.
Driftwood: Well, you should've come to the first party. We didn't get home 'til around four in the morning... I was blind for three days!
How about reverse numerical order? Starts off the series at number one million, then work your way backwards. That way, the writers would always know exactly how many issues they have left to wrap up any dangling plot lines.
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Not sure. Truth to tell, up until a couple of weeks ago, DC hadn't piqued my interest in a few years.They did that with 52. Starting at 52.
... didn't they?
Uh...52 was DC, right?
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