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<blockquote data-quote="kroh" data-source="post: 2707676" data-attributes="member: 16768"><p>One of the great things that the mid to late nineties saw was a type of Ronin (tossed about by the waves) style of comic book writing and art pioneered by guys like Image and Vertigo and in some cases Dark Horse when they decided to throw out some of the tights and go a littel more gritty. Although he wore something that looked like tights, Spawn hit the scene and showed us that great heroes didn't always start that way (Cape...check...Chains...Check....HOLY FREEKIN ARSENAL...hehehe...Check). Then you had instances like the Darkness and Withcblade that showed us that you could take a cliche' and turn it into something that would capture peoples attention. Sandman, Death, EVil Ernie (heh) and the list goes on. The thing about The Superhero genre that gets people isn't so much the tights (please god some one draft a petition to loose the tights...Blob from marvel comics in skimpies...{{{shiver}}}) but the fact that cool powers and the ability to "get it done" really appeals to people. The powers thing is just a metaphore anyway. Look at Batman. That character speeks to a lot of people because he could be anyone (who throws his life aside to train as much as would be required). </p><p></p><p>If some one is going to put out a setting, it shouldn't be released as a single setting cuz then you are only covering a single facet of comics. How about an overiding setting that breaks down into several locations. And you can sell certain locations during certain times of the year. Put out the over-riding source book and then the update locations as cheap PDFs. Gotham from January to March. Metropolis from blah blah... and have different thrid party publishers do the updates. That is the great thing about different comic companies... when you got sick of Magneto trashing New York...you could always visit the Joker. </p><p></p><p>I know...pipe dream...but this is comics...anything is posible.</p><p>Regards,</p><p>Walt</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kroh, post: 2707676, member: 16768"] One of the great things that the mid to late nineties saw was a type of Ronin (tossed about by the waves) style of comic book writing and art pioneered by guys like Image and Vertigo and in some cases Dark Horse when they decided to throw out some of the tights and go a littel more gritty. Although he wore something that looked like tights, Spawn hit the scene and showed us that great heroes didn't always start that way (Cape...check...Chains...Check....HOLY FREEKIN ARSENAL...hehehe...Check). Then you had instances like the Darkness and Withcblade that showed us that you could take a cliche' and turn it into something that would capture peoples attention. Sandman, Death, EVil Ernie (heh) and the list goes on. The thing about The Superhero genre that gets people isn't so much the tights (please god some one draft a petition to loose the tights...Blob from marvel comics in skimpies...{{{shiver}}}) but the fact that cool powers and the ability to "get it done" really appeals to people. The powers thing is just a metaphore anyway. Look at Batman. That character speeks to a lot of people because he could be anyone (who throws his life aside to train as much as would be required). If some one is going to put out a setting, it shouldn't be released as a single setting cuz then you are only covering a single facet of comics. How about an overiding setting that breaks down into several locations. And you can sell certain locations during certain times of the year. Put out the over-riding source book and then the update locations as cheap PDFs. Gotham from January to March. Metropolis from blah blah... and have different thrid party publishers do the updates. That is the great thing about different comic companies... when you got sick of Magneto trashing New York...you could always visit the Joker. I know...pipe dream...but this is comics...anything is posible. Regards, Walt [/QUOTE]
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