Hello and welcome to The Comic Shop 02/04/15 edition!
I won't be hitting on the news items today as I have tried to keep up with them on my Facebook page for this site. I will say I thought the "Daredevil" trailer set my expectations even higher for the finished product in April. While I would've loved to see the proposed noir take on film I think this will be a suitable substitute. This is the perfect character for Marvel/Disney to try their hand at dark & gritty with and that seems to be the route that they are taking. Here's hoping Frank Castle shows up at some point in Hell's Kitchen.
I took a gander at my pull list for this week and the two titles stared back at me menacingly. "Grayson" and "Green Arrow" have been so hit or miss for me as a fan. If you take Batman out of consideration these are two of my all-time favorite Dark Knight substitutes. Oliver from his inception was a lighter take on the dark crusader with his Arrow-car and Arrow-cave, while Dick Grayson was what Batman could've been if he had a mentor to steer him down the right trail. There have been some amazing things done with both characters. I would put the O'neil/Adams & Lemeire/Sorrento runs with the Emerald Archer up against almost any other creative combo out there. Meanwhile there have been some fantastic "Nightwing" stories, whether with the "Teen Titans", "The Outsiders", in his own title (one year later among others), or even in his time as Batman.
Both of these characters have had their titles cancelled and rebooted several times. Hell, Ollie was relegated to back-up story status for some time. So what is a fan to do? Do we continue to support the characters to make sure that they have a title? Or do we vote with our dollars to get a change in the character from the publisher all the while risking cancellation?
Despite my humble funds I have continued to support these two even if I'm not exactly thrilled with their current creative direction (albeit I am warming up the "Grayson"). I am not sure; however, if I want to continue handing over money like a fool and getting kicked in the crotch for my effort. The art in "Green Arrow" is inconsistent, the storytelling has been extremely forced, and it's not at all in the same vain as the previous creative direction. Like I said with "Grayson" I am warming up to it, but the nonlinear storytelling can get a bit frustrating kind of like reading a Grant Morrison run.
In the end I'm probably the idiot for continuing to support something that treats me so bad, but I'm still holding out hope things will get better.
That's all for tonight see you next time at The Comic Shop!
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