NuDC Joker!! Blecchh

[Brown Bear]

Whatever happened to the days where you could read these comics with your kids. YUCK!

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Whatever happened to the days where you could read these comics with your kids. YUCK!

Something called the 1980s and 1990s intervened. Actually when I was a teen in the 80's and Crisis and all of the post-crisis stuff was going on, I was buying a ton of comics back then. Even then, though, I remember thinking to myself that I wouldn't have enjoyed them as a 7 year old who was expecting the SuperFriends.

I wish that they had more kid friendly titles. There are only a small few.

My problem with the DCnu and recent DCold is that you can have adult stories without having to install fear/grotesque violence into every issue. My favorite series of old were the ones that took a break from the "action" once in a while. Nowadays, it always seems like each issue is trying to top the last issue for death and gore quotas.

[Earth 2 Chris]

My problem with the DCnu and recent DCold is that you can have adult stories without having to install fear/grotesque violence into every issue. My favorite series of old were the ones that took a break from the "action" once in a while. Nowadays, it always seems like each issue is trying to top the last issue for death and gore quotas.

Amen brother. Look at the Timm animated series. Stories adults and kids can enjoy together. And they take break from the non-stop action for lighter fare now and then. THIS is the model DC should be following, not sadistic slasher flicks.

Chris

[WannabeMego]

Whatever happened to the days where you could read these comics with your kids. YUCK!

EXACTLY!!!

I was going to start a whole new thread about who do they think their target audience is if they intend on capturing a NEW generation of readers with this kind of in-your-face stories and art...it ain't kids!!!

The ART of Reader Imagination is lost...subtlety is gone.

[boynightwing]

They have lines aimed at kids. I understand wanting to keep some comics for children. When I have kids I'll want something they can read too. But not at the cost of what I'm reading. There is room in this great big world for both.

[Earth 2 Chris]

There's also room to make it accessible to both. As I get older, I question whether or not these characters should have ever been taken in a direction unsuitable for children. These extreme cases make think even moreso.

Chris

[Figuremod73]

I think they've lost sight of the actual art of storytelling and are trying every shortcut they can to keep readers. Sometimes I even question if those who are in charge are actual fans/care.

I just wont read them anymore. Theres TONS of old dogears and reprints for me to discover and revisit.

[BlackKnight]

I haven't read the new 52 for 5months .... I may not return either.

[Figuremod73]

Its not that we dont love the characters any less.......its just that we expect more!

[PNGwynne]

I'm not even going to bother with this one. Okay maybe just a little.

Take the most iconic villain in comics, and mangle up that iconic visage...for this?

Someone buy DC. Please?

Chris

My thoughts exactly.

[palitoy]

He looks like he should be on the cover of a Korn album......in 1997.

This too shall pass.

[Mok]

Joker as a Cenobite

[Earth 2 Chris]

He looks like he should be on the cover of a Korn album......in 1997.

Yeah, I think that's what makes it even worse. These guys thinks they are being edgy. Their just being Spawn from the 90s. While JLA is WildC.A.T.S. It really is just Image Redux. Even Image knows that stuff is old and doesn't do much of it anymore.

Chris

[WannabeMego]

There is room in this great big world for both.

I agree with you 100%...I just wish it were true.

That in-between age is an audience that is being over looked...My son is 14 now and I've found it very difficult to find a variety of age appropriate material for him that he can identify with that isn't riddle with over the top violence and unnatural woman...there is enough of that already in Video Games.

I agree...there is room for both...but I'm not seeing that.

I know it must be hard listening to all of this 'Get Off My Lawn' Gibber-Jabber when you actually enjoy some of the material that is being knocked...and I'm sorry if that is the case...it's not a criticism towards you...it has more to do with 'us' as an audience/consumer being overlooked/ignored.

I wish they would cater to the Adult AND Adolescent Audiences.

[samurainoir]

It really is just Image Redux.

Although to Image's credit, at least they really pushed new characters and concepts to the forefront and tried to push the envelope creatively (perhaps too far). I've said this prior... outside of Jim Lee's sphere of influence, it's actually 90's Marvel Redux if you look at who's involved creatively in the New 52.

Bob Harras is EIC. Jim Lee is not creating his own characters, but doing remake and remodel on the DC characters, just like he did with X-men. Ditto Liefeld. Tom Defalco, Scott Lobdell, Fabian Niecienza, and I think folks forget that Greg Capullo actually made his big break at Marvel on X-Force (for Bob Harras) prior to being scooped up by McFarlane for Spawn.