How To Keep Comics In Buisness

@FallenOmegaStar if Toriyama does not come out and specifically say its canon, then it’s non-canon. Period. He had nothing to do with the plot. Even by Doomcocks five rules of canon, I don’t think it meets the fanbase requisite.

I must be the only person on the 3rd planet who wants DragonBall to just STOP. And honestly, Goku needs to be pimp slapped. Heavily. To the point is back assward brain actually turns on.

I am convinced Toriyama doesn’t even care about DragonBall. He didn’t even remember he created Brolly. I think he revived DragonBall for one reason: $$$. He cares so much, he is letting someone else write the anime and someone else write the Manga, neither of which match completely. From what I understand, he only provided the outline in either case. Not a sign of sincere interest.

@DigiCat That’s fine and that’s his prerogative. It just shows in the quality and the staleness. Which circles back to my point… DragonBall has taken the Western approach. And it shows.

That’s all.

@shrap @Captain_Cronos

I don’t know if you’re both misinterpreting my argument, here? When I said if GT is canon or what, I meant it rhetorically. The truth is we don’t know if it’s canon or not because they’ve avoided taken a hard stance on it. You’re assuming it isn’t based on your own perspective: If you want to ignore it on the merits you’ve outlined, that’s perfectly valid; I’d even agree. Just don’t presume Toei and Toriyama will play by those same rules. They may not value canon the same way you or I would. If one day the question gets popped directly to them and they say, “Oh, yes, it took place.” What happens then?

I’m just saying be prepared for content creators to sometimes say or do something annoying. Personally, I just think of GT the same as the movies, set in some alternate timeline or such, but Super could’ve easily been set after Z’s epilogue instead of before, so I can’t help but think they are wanting to avoid replacing GT outright, despite having no problems otherwise contradicting it. For all we know, the only reason they insist on not having a proper sequel to Z is because they reckon having two sequel series would be be too confusing. Which I find frustrating, because I think they are seriously inhibiting themselves by being dead-set on making new stories in the same spot of the timeline since Battle of Gods.

@FallenOmegaStar

I really don’t mind if GT is canon and it might even lead to some interesting results and questions like what happened with Mai and Trunks or where did all those god powers go to? I’d even say GT is better than Super if it wasn’t for the bastardization of Trunks and the first 12 episodes being the worst Dragon Ball has been until that awful Universe 2 episode starring Ribrianne and re-used footage. Still, the retcons involving Bardock and the Saiyans annoyed more than anything GT had. I liked it better when the whole race were a bunch of ruffians.

I refused to get any of their BLACK LABEL rated mature over-priced comics.  (I had gotten the Harleen series it is was NOT worth the cost, IMO)

I refused to get any of their perversion/rainbow comics titles that celebrates immoral actions/lifestyles.

I refused to get any of their 5G/Future State titles.  (I did get The Flash, but the rest would only be from the dollar bin.)

As for those characters/concepts that were introduced:

Even thought I have Superboy comics since the 1990’s, him taking over the mantle of superman is a big NO.

Even thought I have Lobo comics since the 1990’s, Crush & Lobo at full price is a big NO.  (I’ll wait till they are in the dollar bin.)

Even thought I have Detective/Batman comics since the 1980’s, The next batman is also a big NO.

NO to wonder girl.  etc.

And this season of the Batman, where it feels like every other DC title is Bat-related… NO!

It is getting to the stage where DC Publishing needs to license out their comics, because they can’t under how their current parent company runs DC Publishing.  Its recent move does not help either.

I used to like the intelligence of the writers and characters. One indication that they are going the wrong way is that I heard there is a lot of cursing in comics now and profanity. They just keep digging and refuse to get it.

Lets see how the Substack thing is gonna go… for now it seems interesting. Specially when many artists and writers are leaving the mainstream companies to start working on solo projects, that alone is proof that mainstream comics are dying and we all know the reason why. But they will deny it and say everything is fine, the old fans are bigots, the new twitter audience is what they want (too bad they don’t buy comics huh).

I will pay attention to the names at substack, specially Scott Snyder. I’ll see what they will launch… hope it’s good.

Well, the woke garbage has been taken to the next level.

DC is making not one but tow MORE of their characters homos!

Former Robin Tim Drake has come out a gay/bi.

And they are making Johnathen Kent aka Superboy, to become gay when when becomes the fulltime Super”MAN” of Earth when the true Superman leaves.

This cancer infecting comics MUST end.  This destroying of characters for the woke/sjw agenda is pure garbage.